Tomorrow morning we’ll see the coldest temperatures of the winter as low temperatures will dip into the teens in north Louisiana and low 20s in south Louisiana. The cold weather means a greater risk of fires as people try to keep their homes warm. State Fire Marshal Butch Browning says use today to make sure your detectors work…:
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Browning says do not use your stove or stove top as a way to heat your home.

Police in Baton Rouge say a 12-year-old boy is in critical condition after a car served off the road and hit him while he was walking to school this morning. They believe it was a mechanical program with the vehicle which caused the driver to lose control and hit the boy walking along a nearby sidewalk. Cops say the driver isn’t cited and the crash is under investigation.

The Kaplan Police Department says an Abbeville High School teacher is in jail accused of having sex with one of his female juvenile students. Chief Boyd Adams says they originally received the complaint about 36-year-old Nicholas Willis from Abbeville Police…:
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According to the Vermilion Parish School System website, Willis taught physical science and chemistry. He is charged with felony carnal knowledge of a juvenile and is being held on a $200,000 bond.

The State Department of Transportation announces a plan to widen a portion of I-10 between Lafayette and St. Martin Parishes. DOTD spokesperson Diedra Druilhet says construction will take place where I-10 meets I-49 all the way to Breaux Bridge. She says the estimated cost of this project will be in the neighborhood of $125 million…:
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She says this is the first of three projects that will widen or improve I-10 from Lafayette to the Atchafalaya Basin.