Today marks one year since the riot at the U.S. Capitol building that some are calling an attempted insurrection. Louisiana U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy says the whole matter was sad and unfortunate, and it could have been avoided. He says inflammatory partisan rhetoric is largely to blame…:
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Senator John Kennedy says without order, there can be no justice.

Governor John Bel Edwards holds a COVID-19 media briefing at 2:30 today. The state health department reported another 10-thousand new COVID cases yesterday. Doctor John Vanchiere at LSU Health Shreveport says they are testing on average 650 to 800 people a day….
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The oldest living World War II veteran and Norwood, Louisiana native passed away at the age of 112 on Tuesday. Brooke Thorington has more
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King Cake Season gets underway today with Twelfth Night taking place tonight. It will be a long king cake season as Mardi Gras Day is not until March 1st.

Also another cold front hits the state today, it will start turning cooler later today, but we are looking at a mild weekend with rain.