2:30 LRN Newscast

The northern half of the state is under a winter storm watch. Wintery precipitation is possible from Friday to Sunday. The National Weather Service says there is a high probability of significant accumulations of freezing rain and or sleet. Power outages are possible. Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness spokesperson Mike Steele says generator safety will be important…

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The winter weather will not spread across the entire state. LSU Health Climatologist Barry Keim says southeast Louisiana will likely not see any wintery precipitation…

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The entire Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals heard the case of Louisiana’s Ten Commandments law, along with a nearly identical case out of Texas. Andrew Greenstein reports.

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Investigators in Rapides Parish are calling it a tragic accident. Tommy Carnline with the Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Office says deputies responded to a shooting south of Lecompte early Monday morning and found two people inside a vehicle, one of whom had been shot.

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Authorities have not released the identity of the person who was fatally shot.