Thousands are without power as a result of those strong storms that rolled through last night. The National Weather Service in Shreveport is investigating whether a tornado caused major damage in Coushatta in Red River Parish. The weather service also received reports of hail as large as baseballs. A chilly day is in store for Louisiana today.

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has yet to detect any cases of chronic wasting disease in Louisiana deer. L-D-W-F Deer Program Manager Jonathan Bordelon says they’ve tested 188 deer in East Carroll, Madison and Tensas Parishes after C-W-D was found in a buck just five miles away from the Louisiana-Mississippi border. Bordelon says C-W-D is a neurodegenerative disease and it causes irreversible brain damage and infected deer can spread the disease even before symptoms develop
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Wrestlemania 34 goes down Sunday in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. When the city hosted Wrestlemania in 2014, the economic impact was 164-million dollars. WWE Superstar Alexia Bliss….
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LSU Engineering Seniors are hard at work on a project that could mean a lot to a local girl with a neuro-muscular disorder….
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