The Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness is asking residents to please be mindful of the arctic weather that is currently moving through the state. GOHSEP Director Kevin Davis says you should protect pets, plants and pipes and if you plan to use space heaters…

cut 14 (07) “fire started”

The National Weather Service says the cold blast began impacting Louisiana overnight and a hard freeze is expected at sundown through Thursday morning.

The newly sworn-in Republican controlled Congress is already butting heads with President Barack Obama over the much-delayed Keystone XL pipeline. The House could approve a bill that green lights the project by the end of the week and a Senate vote could happen soon after. 60 members of the Senate support construction of the Keytone, including six Democrats, but newly elected Republican Senator Bill Cassidy is concerned that won’t be enough to over turn a Presidential veto…

cut 11 (08) “too bad”

Cassidy doesn’t understand the opposition to the five-point-four billion dollar project.

Louisiana is the 5th most dangerous state in the USA, according to 24/7 Wall Street. LSU Criminologist Edward Shihadeh says it’s important to remember that the crime rate is improving in Louisiana but it’s also coming down in other states…

cut 5 (09) “relative to other states”

Shihadeh says poor socioeconomic factors likely contribute to higher crime rates in Louisiana.

The premiere of Duck Dynasty Season 7 is tonight at 8:30 on A&E and some experts are saying the show is losing its luster. But Emily Yahr, with the Washington Post, doesn’t think this is the end as 3 million people tuning in is a really great number for cable and it’s probably the best thing A&E has going on right now…

cut 8 (07) “a little longer”

She says one of the reasons could be that Duck Dynasty viewers are getting the vibe that the family is more concerned with their side projects launched since their rise to fame.