My Three Girls rolls
21 May 2012, 5:08 pm
OPELOUSAS — My Three Girls held on gamely in the stretch to win the $50,000 Tellike Stakes for 3-year-olds and up at evangeline Downs Racetrack & Casino on Saturday evening.

evangeline: My Three Girls outfights Little Polka Dot to win Tellike
20 May 2012, 11:10 am
My Three Girls gained the advantage in deep stretch and then held off a desperate late bid from heavy favorite Little Polka Dot to capture Saturday night’s $50,000 Tellike Stakes at evangeline Downs.

evangeline Downs: Southern Style repeats in Need for Speed Stakes
19 May 2012, 1:55 pm
OPELOUSAS, La. – Southern Style rallied strongly from off the pace Friday night to successfully defend his title in the $50,000 Need for Speed Stakes at evangeline Downs.

evangeline Downs to be sold to Boyd Gaming, owner of Delta Downs
17 May 2012, 9:11 am
Boyd Gaming, the Las Vegas-based parent company of Delta Downs in Vinton, La., has announced it has entered into an agreement to purchase evangeline Downs in Opelousas, La., as part of a larger, five-property acquisition of Peninsula Gaming.

Unitary Status Granted in evangeline Parish
16 May 2012, 6:10 pm
The evangeline Parish School District is no longer under a desegregation order. In federal court Wednesday, a judge granted the district's request for unitary status.

Historic day for evangeline Parish Schools
16 May 2012, 5:23 pm
It's official, evangeline Parish Schools are fully desegregated after nearly half a century, a historic day for the school system. Nearly 48 years later, evangeline Parish won their case in Federal Court gaining unitary status, eliminating all aspects of segregation in schools. "It puts the ball back in our court," said Wayne Dardeaux, evangeline Parish School Board President. 'There is no more ...

evangeline: Solar Charge among fast group in Need for Speed
16 May 2012, 1:25 pm
OPELOUSAS, La. – It’s all about speed Friday night at evangeline Downs as some of the quickest sprinters in the region will go postward in the Need for Speed Stakes. The five-furlong dash on the turf drew a field of seven and carries a $50,000 purse.

evangeline police jury leaves courthouse
15 May 2012, 8:23 am
VILLE PLATTE, La. (AP) - The evangeline Parish Police Jury has agreed to move its offices from the courthouse to the parish-owned Medicaid building in order to free up space in the courthouse for the district attorney. The Advocate reports Parish Engineer Ronnie Landreneau estimated the moving expenses would amount to $41,000. The jury legal adviser said the district attorney would absorb all of ...

'evangeline,' with Los Lobos music, begins L.A. run
12 May 2012, 10:13 am
Working on "evangeline," said Louie Perez, helped him get back in touch with his East L.A. roots, just as he hopes it will connect a young audience to the East. L.A. experience of the 1960s. "evangeline, the Queen of Make-Believe," begins its formal...

Los Lobos songbook drives 'evangeline, the Queen of Make-Believe'
10 May 2012, 5:31 pm
Louie Perez and David Hidalgo's music is the basis for a play at Bootleg Theater about a Chicana in the '60s struggling to balance family duty with her own identity. The way Louie Pérez remembers it, there was nothing more all-American than growing up Mexican American in Los Angeles in the 1960s.