Artic air is moving into Louisiana. State Fire Marshal Butch Browning urges residents not to use their stove or stove top as a way to heat your home…
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And Browning says if you’re using a space heater, make sure it’s at least several feet away from anything that could catch on fire.

Republican Doctor Bill Cassidy is getting used to his new surroundings as a US Senator on Capitol Hill. Scott Carwile has more…
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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.

An Abbeville High School teacher is in trouble over allegations he had sex with one of his female students. Cops say 36-year-old Nicholas Willis is the accused and Kaplan Police Chief Boyd Adams says they learned from Abbeville Police that the alleged incident occurred Willis’ home in Kaplan…
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Willis was charged with Felony carnal knowledge of a juvenile.