The Department of Children and Family Services says Baby Oliva, who was found abandoned in a trashcan at the Walmart in New Roads, will remain in state custody for the time being. DCFS officials say Olivia will be placed with a foster family, while they assess family members who could provide long term care for the child.

Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon announces more Louisiana residents are purchasing flood insurance after the two devastating floods Louisiana endured this year. Don Molino has more…

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Winter weather is heading back to the Bayou State, but just for a little while. Roger Erickson with the National Weather Service says this quick cold front will likely help ease the dense fog we’ve been experiencing the last several days.

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Erickson says warm weather will return by the weekend, bringing with it the chance for severe weather.

Louisiana saw a lot of strange stories in 2016, but it will be hard to top the time Jackson Representative Kenny Havard proposed an amendment to a sex trafficking bill that suggested strippers must be young and skinny. Even after an uproar from female legislators, Havard refused to admit to making a sexist joke.

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Havard’s proposal suggested that strippers should be younger than 28 and weigh less than 160 pounds.