Five parishes in North Louisiana are under a winter storm watch for later this week. The five parishes are Caddo, Bossier, Webster, Claiborne and Union. National Weather Service Meteorologist Brandon Thorne says the winter storm watch goes into effect Thursday morning and goes into Friday afternoon.
This will likely bring widespread rain south of I-20, freezing rain north of I-20, and Thorne says significant snowfall near and north of I-30, where heavy snow accumulation is possible.
The first human infected with highly pathogenic bird flu in the U.S. has died. LSU School of Veterinary Medicine Associate Professor Rebecca Christofferson says there’s no evidence of human-to-human transmission.
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The Louisiana Department of Health says the patient was over 65 years old and had underlying health conditions, and he contracted the virus through exposure to a backyard flock and wild birds.
Year one is in the books for Governor Landry. Jeremy Alford, the publisher of LaPolitics-dot-com, says Landry greatly boosted his national profile in his first year as governor.
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Alford says Landry’s year two agenda includes initiatives in public safety and economic development.
A Washington Parish Mayor is arrested this morning. According to a statement from Louisiana State Police, Bogalusa Mayor Tyrin Truong was arrested for, among other things, drug trafficking and soliciting prostitutes. LSP says profits from those drug sales were used to purchase firearms, some of which were given to people who are prohibited from legally possessing them. The 25-year-old mayor is one of seven arrested in connection with the multi-agency investigation.