Here are two words you normally don’t see in the same sentence, unless you live in Australia – January and heatwave. But that’s precisely what Louisiana is in for. LSU Health Climatologist Barry Keim says high temperatures will be touching the 80s for the rest of this work week, owing to the La Nina climate pattern that is currently active this winter.
While the number of line-of-duty deaths across the country greatly decreased in 2025, they ticked up in Louisiana. Last year, five law enforcement officers in Louisiana were killed in the line of duty, compared to three in 2024. Bill Alexander, the CEO of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, says nationwide, 111 were killed in the line of duty last year, which is a historic low.
It was five years ago today when a mob of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol, in an effort to stop the certification of Joe Biden’s election victory over Donald Trump. Senator Bill Cassidy was one of seven Republicans who voted to convict Trump for his role in that, and Wally Pierce of News 15 in Lafayette asked him about it in a reporter conference call today.
Cut 23 (05) “…stormed the Capitol?”
Cassidy, however, was having none of it.
Cut 24 (29) “…thoughts to that.”