Governor Bobby Jindal is back in Iowa today for two closed door meetings with conservative religious leaders. According to the Des Moines Register, the meetings will take place in Cedar Rapids and Des Moines. ULM Political Science Professor Joshua Stockley says Jindal is looking to shore up his support among this group of voters…

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Stockley says these are important meetings to determine how serious of a presidential hopeful Jindal can be.

Angola warden Burl Cain says he has not taken any steps to install a cooling system on death row despite a federal court’s ruling to lower the heat levels. That federal ruling is currently under appeal. Cain says death row was built in 2005 and has a natural ventilation system so it’s not even the hottest part of the prison…

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Cain says it would be too expensive to add any type of cooling system at the prison.

The Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office says a Cut Off man is under arrest charged with his fourth offense DWI. They say 50-year-old Trent Callais was found sleeping in his vehicle in a fast food restaurant’s drive-thru lane. Authorities say Callais appeared to be impaired and he performed poorly on a field sobriety test. Callais was booked into the Lafourche Parish Jail on a $50,000 bond.

King Cake season is officially underway on this Twelfth Night and it’ll be a short one with Mardi Gras falling early this year on February 17th. Michelle Southern reports.

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