A winter storm with freezing rain could bring ice accumulations topping a half inch for the northern third of Louisiana, and some places could see an inch of ice says State Climatologist Jay Grymes .
Cut 11 (12) “…widespread power outages”
He says there is the potential for ice accumulations along parts of the I-10/I-12 corridor by Saturday night.
Road closures are likely across the northern half of the state. Rodney Mallett with DOTD says they will do what they can to keep roads open.
Cut 13 (15) “…priority routes open.”
Governor Landry will hold a 2 p-m press conference to discuss the state’s preparedness for the storm.
Congressman Troy Carter is among the sponsors of a bipartisan bill that would require all middle school and high school student IDs and websites to include mental health and suicide prevention information. The New Orleans Democrat says the information could be a life-saver for kids at the ages who need those services the most.
Cut 4 (12) “…drugs or alcohol.”
Now that Julia Letlow will be vacating the District 5 congressional seat to challenge Bill Cassidy for one of the U.S. Senate seats, the race is on for her successor. Greg Hilburn, a Louisiana politics reporter for the USA Today Network, says a wildcard is Garret Graves who formerly represented the Sixth District until he was effectively drawn out of that district and part of that district became part of District 5. Hilburn does not expect Graves to run, but several other Republicans are expected to run.