Many schools and all state offices will be closed on Tuesday as artic cold weather is expected to grip Louisiana. The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Watch covering much of the central and southern parts of the state. central and south Louisiana. It will go into effect at midnight Tuesday. Meteorologist Donald Jones with the National Weather Service in Lake Charles says even the probability of snow falling south of I-20 to the coast is 70 to 90 percent…
The cold air mass will begin moving into the state tomorrow. LSU Public Health Climatologist Barry Keim says Monday and Tuesday will be very cold days…
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A violent domestic incident in River Ridge early this morning left a woman dead along with her 2 year old child and two other children were injured. Jefferson Parish Deputies found them when responding to a 911 call. The father, who allegedly produced a firearm during the encounter, was fatally shot by a deputy. The officer involved shooting is under investigation this morning.
The state has moved almost 160 homeless people in New Orleans, who were living in encampments around the Superdome, into a transitional shelter in Gentilly. Scott Adams, the chief of staff at GOHSEP, says they wanted to make the area around the Dome more secure…
Cut 12 (12) “…for Mardi Gras.”
Adams says they’re doing more for the homeless people besides simply giving them shelter, food, showers and laundry.