The state department of transportation says ice accumulations are being reported along I-20 as a combination, freezing rain, sleet and even snow in some areas falls in the northern parishes. State Police Trooper Michael Reicharde says if you do need to drive, you should use extreme caution…..
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I-49 in Caddo Parish is closed, so is I-220 and some on and off ramps of I-20 in Ouachita Parish.

Will residents living in central Louisiana and further south see any winter precipitation?…
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That’s state climatologist Barry Keim.
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Central Louisiana leaders are celebrating the news that an aluminum alloy manufacture plans to build a mill that would employ nearly 15-hundred workers…
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There were no short-term solutions from lawmakers today to avoid massive cuts to higher ed at the higher education conference in Baton Rouge. Public colleges could receive a 400 million-dollar cut in state funding. as the state is facing a 1-point-six billion dollar deficit for the fiscal year that starts July first.