Several bridges and overpasses in north Louisiana are closed as a result of light icing from freezing rain. More winter weather is on the way, which is why Governor John Bel Edwards has declared a state of emergency as the northern half of the state could be hit with two winter storms next week and dangerous wind chills.

Beginning today you can file your federal and state income taxes for 2020. Brooke Thorington has more…
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Bars are closed in New Orleans and there are no parades as the COVID-19 pandemic has produced a very different Mardi Gras weekend. But Mardi Gras Guide Publisher Arthur Hardy says people are still celebrating the carnival season. He says there are thousands of house floats, king cakes are being consumed and Mardi Gras merchandise is being sold …
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But Hardy looks forward to a normal Mardi Gras season in 2022.

Researchers have been able to identify the specific traits that make a person a super spreader for COVID-19. Tulane National Primate Research Center Director for Infectious Disease Aerobiology Chad Roy says those who were older with higher body mass indexes and an increasing degree of COVID-19 infection had three times the number of exhaled respiratory droplets as others…
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