Five people dead, including three-children as a result of an overnight house fire in New Orleans. The three children ranged from ages seven to 12. The children’s father escaped uninjured, but he also lost his girlfriend and mother in the blaze. New Orleans Fire Chief Timothy McConnell says they did not have smoke detectors
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The fire remains under investigation.

Despite having millions for their Senate runoff campaigns, both Senator Mary Landrieu and Republican Congressman Bill Cassidy are doing their own versions of dialing for dollars. Landrieu has already been active on the phone, and in a release out today, Bill Cassidy asks “Will you stand with me?,” and then asks for anywhere from between $25 and $250. Political Analyst Bernie Pinsonat says total spending for the runoff could top $80 million dollars.

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With temperatures still dropping in North Louisiana, freeze warnings has been issued for Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, Union, and Webster Parishes overnight tonight. Marty Mayeaux with the National Weather Service Office in Shreveport says it will be cold, then get colder…

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The cold front should move through Southeast Louisiana tonight.

A Terrebonne Parish fiery crash involving two trucks lead to 3 deaths on Highway 24 yesterday. Trooper Evan Harrell says one driver driving at a high rate of speed, lost control of his vehicle in an S curve and slammed into another truck. Harrell says, due to the nature of the impact, the two vehicles almost instantaneously caught fire…

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Dead at the scene were 19 year-old Jordan Mayon and 30 year-old Kendric Prince, and 54 year-old Shannon Tassin.