Louisiana woke up to freeze warnings statewide today and, with freezing temperatures expected across most of the state overnight tonight, we could see much of the same tomorrow. A freeze warning has already been issued for a large portion of southeast Louisiana from 10PM tonight until 9AM Saturday morning.

The Grand Isle Fire Chief and 19 others were arrested in an undercover drug operation. Michelle Southern reports…

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Former Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin and Duck Dynasty Patriarch Phil Robertson will rally support for Congressman Bill Cassidy in the US-Senate runoff at an event in Monroe tomorrow. ULM Political Science Professor Joshua Stockley says voter turnout is critical in the runoff and both Senator Mary Landrieu and Cassidy have got to remind their supporters to get out and vote if they want to win…

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He says it would make Cassidy’s chances of winning this election easier if he picked up those 200,000 plus Rob Manness votes.

Ochsner Health System is hosting the first Alton Ochsner Conference on Tobacco today in New Orleans, commemorating the 75th anniversary of Dr. Alton Ochsner’s groundbreaking article linking smoking to lung cancer. Dr. John Ochsner, Alton’s son, will speak about his father’s breakthrough research on tobacco which was co-authored by Dr. Michael DeBakey…

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That’s Ochsner International CEO Patrick Quinlan.