Republican U.S. Senator John Kennedy has joined Democratic Senator Tom Carper of Delaware in introducing the Stopping Improper Payments to Deceased People Act. Kennedy says in 2015, the Social Security Administration made nearly ten-billion-dollars in improper payments…
Cut 4 (12) “dead people.”
Kennedy says he and his colleagues are confident this bill will pass.

A cold front is crossing the state bringing some heavy rain with it. State Climatologist Barry Keim says temperatures will drop once the front moves through….
cut 10 (07) “…northern parishes”
We’ll dry out tomorrow, but rain is in the forecast for the Mardi Gras weekend.

It’s national signing day and the LSU football program is hoping to receive a signed national letter of intent from the top cornerback in the country, Patrick Surtain Junior of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Shea Dixon of Geaux 24-7 sports is optimistic Surtain will sign with the Tigers over Alabama…
cut 17 (15) “….Bama’s won”
Surtain makes his decision known this morning.

A plane traveling from Slidell to Patterson had to make an emergency landing in the Atchafalaya River, because the aircraft began to run low on fuel. The U-S Coast Guard rescued the four people aboard the plane. One person suffered a minor arm injury.