December 14, 2020 | OPELOUSAS — The St. Landry Parish Animal Shelter will be closed to the public and accept emergency calls only after a worker was exposed to COVID-19. “As a precaution, we have decided to close the shelter to the general public,” said Parish President Jessie Bellard. “For the safety of our workers …
Covid
Additional Measures Added to Fight COVID-19 in Parish Jail
December 9, 2020 | OPELOUSAS – St. Landry Parish Government and the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office is monitoring the parish jail conditions and inmates who have contracted the coronavirus. For months, parish jail officials have kept the COVID-19 outbreak at bay, but several inmates and employees have recently tested positive for the virus. Parish …
Parish Leaders Meet about COVID-19 Numbers
November 25, 2020 | OPELOUSAS — St. Landry Parish President Jessie Bellard met with several mayors of parish municipalities Wednesday about the increase in positivity rates in the parish and what the modified Phase 2 looks like to the towns and village. The parish has experienced a second straight week of higher COVID-19 positivity percentages. …
Parish Government Press Conference
November 16, 2020 | OPELOUSAS — Parish Government, St. Landry Parish Schools, St. Landry Parish Solid Waster and the City of Opelousas holds a press conference on the COVID-19 situation in the parish.
Parish Allows Bars to Reopen
OPELOUSAS — St. Landry Parish President Jessie Bellard has opted to allow bars in the parish to reopen after the Louisiana Department of Health reported COVID-19 positivity rates of less than 5 percent for the last two weeks. Governor John Bell Edwards rules for Phase 3 reopening require parishes to report two consecutive weeks of …
COVID-19 Testing Sites
Neighborhood-based COVID-19 Testing Coming to St. Landry Parish | OPELOUSAS — Free mobile COVID-19 testing will be available throughout St. Landry parish starting June 16 in Palmetto. The Louisiana Department of Health/Office of Public Health and St. Landry Parish government have teamed up with the Louisiana National Guard to offer the testing. The Guard will …
COVID-19 Curfew Expires
For Immediate Release:May 15, 2020 St. Landry Parish Curfew Expires OPELOUSAS — The St. Landry Parish nightly curfew expired Friday, May 15. at 6 a.m. The parish-wide curfew was put in place in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in conjunction with the governor’s Stay at Home Order that has also expired. The parish government will …
Curfew Remains in Effect
For Immediate Release:April 16, 2020 St. Landry Parish Curfew Remains in Effect OPELOUSAS — St. Landry Parish government reminds its citizens that the juvenile and adult curfew remains in effect in the parish. The curfew is daily from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. With St Landry Parish experiencing some of the highest amounts of COVID-19 …
COVID-19 Curfew Extended
For immediate releaseApril 8, 2020 St Landry Parish Extends Curfew OPELOUSAS — St. Landry Parish has extended a parish-wide adult and juvenile curfew until April 30 to coincide with the state’s Stay at Home Order as part of the response to the outbreak of COVID-19, the coronavirus. The curfew hours in the parish and parish …
Safe Shop
For immediate releaseMarch 31, 2020 Parish grocers urge one shopper, one cart OPELOUSAS — St. Landry grocers and other retailers are urging shoppers to use common sense and shop responsibly as coronavirus benefit checks begin to flow into households. They are urging that only one family member goes to the store to shop for the …