Bond has been set at 510-thousand dollars for 32-year-old Tashonty Toney, who is a son of a New Orleans police officer. N-O-P-D says Toney was impaired when he plowed his vehicle at a high rate of speed into a bicyclists in New Orleans on Saturday night, killing two and injuring seven.

Louisiana officials say they are ready to start taking in 17 year old nonviolent offenders, as starting this month they will no longer go through the adult criminal justice system
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It’s a cold Lundi Gras and temperatures will fall into the low-to-mid 20s tomorrow morning across the northern parishes. National Weather Service forecaster Mario Valverde says we could see record low temperatures…
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Valverde says forecast lows along I-10 could also dip below freezing on the morning of Fat Tuesday. At least, Louisiana avoided the severe weather yesterday. A tornado killed 23 people in Alabama.

It was a big weekend for Mardi Gras parades. Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser says he’s amazed by the unique throws that different krewes toss out along the parade route…
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