Sleet and freezing rain are falling along the I-20 corridor. State Police are advising residents to drive with care when winter weather conditions are present…
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There is no flying in or out of Monroe Regional Airport today as all flights have been cancelled since mid-morning. The potential of freezing rain in southwest Louisiana has led McNeese State to cancel classes tonight and tomorrow. A freezing rain advisory stretches as far east as East Feliciana Parish.

The city of Pineville is ecstatic over the news that American Specialty Alloys has announced they plan to build a $2.4 billion aluminum mill where the International Paper mill once operated. Pineville Mayor Clarence Fields says the project is expected to create nearly 15-hundred new jobs…
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Fields says the average salary for those direct jobs is $70,000 and operations at the facility are expected to begin late next year.

If you’re between the ages of 43 and 57, the C-D-C recommends a measles shot. There’s a concern people born between 1957 and 1971 were not vaccinated properly. Doctor Frank Lopez, with LSU Health New Orleans Infectious Diseases, says you should discuss this with your doctor….
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