Areas along the I-20 corridor and north, should prepare for possible rough driving conditions, as a winter weather advisory is posted for the area through 9 tonight. Rain will likely turn to sleet or perhaps freezing rain as temperatures drop. National Weather Service forecaster Charlie Woodburn says be ready for slippery highways…:

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A psychiatric nurse practitioner has been arrested on human trafficking and narcotics charges after authorities learned he was providing drugs for sexual favors. Rapides Parish Sheriff’s office chief of staff Tommy Carnline says 40-year-old Mark Declouet (dih-CLOUT) Jr., of Alexandria, was taken into custody without incident…:

CUT 12(09)      “…sexual favors.”

Declouet apparently worked at health care providers in Lafayette and Alexandria.

Police in New Orleans report yet another motorist has been shot and killed while driving on Interstate 10. NOPD says the un-named male victim was discovered inside his car, which crashed into a guardrail near Louisa Street. He was pronounced dead at the scene from multiple gunshots. A number of people have been shot while on the city’s superhighway in recent months.

The Louisiana startup company known for creating interior football helmet cooling fans is now using that tech to help out construction workers. Tigeraire founder and CEO Jack Karavich says the Tornado helmet system is OSHA compliant, designed to work with multiple hardhat designs and the waterproof device weighs only about 3.5 ounces. He says it pumps out air at over 40 miles-an-hour…:

CUT 07(09)      “…gotta tell you.”

The effects of being overheated are connected with on-the-job accidents caused by mental errors.