Preparations are getting underway for winter precipitation in north Louisiana later this week.
LRN Meteorologist Bill Jacquemin.
A Washington Parish mayor is arrested. WWL-TV reports Bogalusa Mayor Tyrin Truong was arrested this morning in a joint effort by the Bogalusa Police Department and Louisiana State Police. No one has said why Mayor Truong was arrested; the Washington Parish Sheriff’s Office is expected to announce details later today.
President Biden joined mourners at St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans to remember the 14 people killed in the terror attack on Bourbon Street New Year’s Day. Biden said the people of New Orleans are very strong.
Biden, meanwhile, announced a ban on new offshore oil and gas development along most U.S. coastlines. President-elect Donald Trump has criticized the decision, promising to reverse it. However, LSU Center for Energy Studies Executive Director Greg Upton says legal precedent suggests doing so would require congressional action.