In an interview with the Advocate, Senate President Page Cortez backs House Speaker Clay Schexnayder’s statement to the Associated Press that Governor Edwards said to them in a meeting that Black motorist Ronald Greene died as a result of injuries suffered in a car wreck. But Edwards says he never said to anyone that Greene died as a result of a wreck, and believes the troopers who beat him should be charged criminally.

The Senate Governmental Affairs Committee is expected to discuss proposed changes to the state’s Congressional district maps today…
cut 1 (31) “….I’m Brooke Thorington”

A strong cold front moves through the state today bringing the possibility for wintry precipitation across the northern parishes and a lot of rain for the rest of the state. State Climatologist Barry Keim says after the cold front moves through, cold air moves in…
cut 15 (12) “…in the 40s”
It will be chilly on Saturday too and then we’ll see a warm-up starting on Sunday.

The state department of wildlife and fisheries is reporting Louisiana’s first suspected case of chronic wasting disease in white-tailed deer. It was found in a hunter-harvested adult buck taken on private land in Tensas Parish. CWD is 100-percent fatal in deer. LDWF veterinarian Doctor Jim Lacour says they hope the neurodegenerative disease does not spread through the deer population and they ask hunters to monitor…
cut 13 (10) “….is acting abnormally”