Over 150 soldiers with the Louisiana National Guard are home this Christmas Eve a after 10-month deployment overseas. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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Governor-elect John Bel Edwards says he’ll be taking a much needed break with family for the Christmas Holidays. He says he will spend a portion of the holiday reflecting on the huge challenge in front of him, one that he embraces…:
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Edwards takes office January 11th.

PaPa Noel will have the way lit for him tonight along the Mississippi River in St. James Parish with the annual Bonfires on the Levee celebration. Parish President Timothy Roussel this is the perfect event to get families into the Christmas spirit…:
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He says the bonfires along the levee are truly a sight to see.

And you can keep track of where Santa is tonight thanks to The North American Aerospace Defense Command. This year NORAD has “Santa Cams” that will stream videos as St. Nick makes his way around the world. The website is noradsanta.org.

There were no jackpot winners for Wednesday’s massive Powerball drawing so the estimated prize for Saturday goes up to $255 million dollars. That’s a cash value of $158.4 million dollars.

A police officer in Covington was attacked by an owl during patrol early this morning, causing him to crash. Officer Lance Benjamin, who suffered minor scratches, said he ran off the road when an owl flew through the window of his unit. The Covington PD Facebook page has body cam footage.