17:30 LRN Newscast January 3

The big weather story was there was snow on the ground in Grand Isle today. Jeff Palermo has more on our frigid weather…

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Texas A&M is not taking no for an answer and is coming after LSU defense coordinator Dave Aranda again.  Aranda turned down their original offer of 1.85-milllion dollars to make him the highest paid college assistant coach in the country.  An LSU source says the new offer may be closer now to 3 million and Aranda would have the flexibility to hire his own defensive staff.

The polar vortex is wreaking havoc across Louisiana, and is suspected as the reason behind a Baton Rouge house fire that resulted in the death of an elderly couple Tuesday morning. So far, investigators are attributing many of the fires across the state to people taking big risks to keep their homes warm. State Fire Marshal Butch Browning has a few fundamental fire safety tips…

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Dr. Joseph Johnson, one of the most influential alumni and presidents in Grambling State University’s history passed away yesterday. He was the university’s third president, serving from 1977 to 1991, and nearly tripled the institutions enrollment during his tenure. Dr. Mildred Gallot, who wrote a book on Grambling’s history saying he had a tough reputation.

Cut 12 (06) “meant business.”