Current and former statewide elected officials are gathered on the steps of the State Capitol for today’s inauguration ceremony. Governor John Bel Edwards gets sworn in for a second term and he’s already picked up a legislative win. The more moderate Republican, Clay Schexnayder was elected as House Speaker over the more conservative Sherman Mack. After the election, the new speaker laid out his priorities…
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Lafayette Senator Page Cortez was unanimously elected as Senate President for the new four-year term. Cortez will lead an Upper Chamber that has a supermajority of Republicans in it…
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No classes at Benton Middle School in Bossier Parish today. An early Saturday morning tornado ripped part of the school’s roof off. Bossier Parish Sheriff’s Lieutenant Bill Davis describes the scene…
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Crews are cleaning up debris and students are expected to attend class tomorrow.

It was an E-F two tornado that swept through through the region, killing two people in Haughton and third a person in Oil City in Caddo Parish. At least 50 homes sustained damage in Bossier Parish.