About 95-thousand customers are without power on this cold morning. Andre Champagne says the work continues to get the lights and the heat back on in north Louisiana…

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Many water systems are struggling in this cold weather. Water pressure in Monroe is low. Governor Landry says this may become more of a problem as it warms up and pipes begin to burst.

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If you are ready to file your federal taxes, you want to be aware of some changes. Richard Tullier (TOO-yay), a CPA with Metairie-based accounting firm Wegmann Dazet (dah-ZETT), says up to $25,000 in tip income can excluded from earnings. And while Congress failed to make Social Security income tax-free, they did give a break.

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Many of us live in Louisiana, because we don’t like cold weather. Unfortunately for those folks, there is more cold weather on the way after a brief warm-up during the middle of the week. State Climatologist Jay Grymes…

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Grymes says at least winter precipitation is not part of the forecast.