Governor John Bel Edwards has declared a state of emergency as a result of this wicked winter weather. Edwards says 12-hundred DOTD employees have helped put one-point-five million pounds of salt on the roadways statewide. He says it is critical for everyone to stay off the frozen highways…
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A volunteer firefighter in West Feliciana Parish was killed this morning while working a crash. And in Jefferson Parish, an eight-month-old was killed when a car slid into a Metairie canal. Her mother is in critical condition.

There’s still a couple of inches of snow on the ground in north Louisiana. C-S Ross with the National Weather Service says that snow will stick around for a couple of days….
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Parts of all major interstates in Louisiana are closed because of the icy conditions. Michelle Southern has more…
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Thousands of SWEPCO customers do not have electricity. SWEPCO spokesperson Carey Sullivan says crews are working as quickly as possible to restore power, but can only work as fast as the weather allows…
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