Despite a stretch of spring-like weather, Winter isn’t over in the Deep South. National Weather Service Senior Meteorologist Matt Hemmingway says another Arctic blast is set to hit Louisiana by Thursday, bringing below-freezing temperatures and possible winter precipitation, especially in northern areas.

Cut 9 (13)  “…some light freezing rain.”

Louisiana Jewish Leaders gather in front of Touro Synagogue in New Orleans to call on the state not to use lethal gas to execute death row inmates. Among them was Sara Lewis with the Jewish Federation of New Orleans, whose grandparents survived the Holocaust.

Cut 6 (14) “…of being Jewish.”

Two Colorado men are arrested for attempting to smuggle tens of thousands of dollars worth of tobacco and methamphetamine into a federal prison using a compressed air cannon. The plan concocted by 18-year-old Jose Francisco Herrera Munoz and 19-year-old Angel Gonzales Gutierrez involved launching contraband over the prison’s security fence, with a cannon capable of propelling items over 350 feet. Grant Parish Sheriff Steven  McCain says it was a very sophisticated system.

Cut 4 (08) “…it’s very powerful.”

McCain says an observant deputy put a stop to the scheme before any drugs got inside.