With the coldest night of the winter so far tonight, Louisianians will be looking at ways to keep warm for the hard freeze. State Fire Marshal Butch Browning says this kind of very intense cold weather brings an increase in home fires, particularly because of space heaters…
CUT 4 (10) “your home”
Browning adds never use a stove or stove top as a way to heat your home.

An Abbeville High School teacher is in jail accused of having sex with one of his female juvenile students. Thirty-six-year-old Nicholas Willis is accused of engaging in sexual relations with the juvenile which is a felony…
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That’s Kaplan Police Chief Boyd Adams, who says the alleged incident actually happened in Kaplan.

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Three highway projects from the Louisiana Department Of Transportation are scheduled to begin in the fall of 2016, with the first involving the widening a portion of Interstate 10 between I-49 to Breaux Bridge….
CUT 7 (10) Q: “exisiting median”
That’s DOTD spokesperson Diedra Druilhet (drool yet), who says the price tag is about $125 million dollars.

News out of the Who Dat Nation, there are reports that Defensive Coordinator Rob Ryan will be remaining with the Saints. Even though the Saints ranked 31st in the league for yards allowed, NFL analyst Mike Detillier says he’s not surprised that the Saints held on to Ryan…
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Ryan had recently said that this was his worst season in his 10 years as an NFL defensive coordinator.