State Police in Ouachita Parish has already started closing on ramps along I-20 due to icy and slippery roads as temperatures continue to rapidly drop throughout the state. Schools as far south as St. Helena and the Felicianas are closing early today due to the threat of winter weather.

As the Restore Louisiana Task Force is slated to meet again today to discuss federal flood relief distribution, members are asking victims to please be patient as the process is going slower than anyone wants. Pat Forbes with the State Office of Community Development, says it’s been 147 days since the flooding began in south Louisiana, and the state has had just 20 of those to discuss funding plans…:
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An item on the agenda today is to finalize the path to getting the initial $438 million dollars in federal aid to those who need it most.

Nutritionists urge people setting New Year’s health resolutions not to fall for fad diets. Emelie Gunn has more…:
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President-elect Donald Trump supporters in Louisiana are gathering to drum up support for the new administration’s agenda. Co-chair of the Donald Trump for Louisiana campaign Brian Trascher says Mr. Trump’s priorities in his first hundred days will be the same issues he raised on the campaign trail…:
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