Whether you like the cold or not, it’s coming and State Climatologist Barry Keim says, it’s bringing a little good news…
Keim says most of the rain will be in North Louisiana but the whole state needs it.
Remote marsh fires in Terrebonne and Lafourche Parishes prompted road closures and even forced some schools to close for the day. Trooper Ross Brennan says LA Highway 182 and Highway 90 have reopened for now.
In October a combination of fog and smoke from the marsh fires caused a multiple-car pileup of more than 168 vehicles on Interstate 55 in southeast Louisiana and killed seven people.
40-year-old Sabrina Washington and her 15-year-old son have been arrested for their connection to the murder of Kameran Bedsole in Iberia Parish last month. Her 11-year-old daughter is already in custody. Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Spokesperson Katherine Breaux says 15 year old
was transported to the Jackson Parish Juvenile Detention Center from Houston where he was arrested. She says the mother of the two suspects was also arrested in Iberia Parish on Tuesday.