12:30 Newscast, January 5th, 2017

Quite a few stores in the Bayou State are closing their doors for good this year. Jeff Palermo has more…:
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Precipitation is moving into Louisiana over the next 24 hours bringing in the possibility of light snow. Patrick Omundson with the National Weather Service in Shreveport says it could start midday tomorrow in north Louisiana…:
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He says south of I-20 can expect a sleet mix, but no freezing rain.

Louisiana has a real problem with train/vehicle fatalities and had the fourth most in 2015. That’s why the state Department of Transportation is launching a railroad safety campaign. Spokesperson Rodney Mallet says there is a certain stop a car should sit if a train is coming..:
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He adds you should never try to beat a train that could take more than a mile to come to a stop.

According to the NFL, TV viewership fell an average of eight percent this season. On average, one-point-four million fewer people watched a game this year than in 2015.