The Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness is closely monitoring the severe winter weather impacting several areas in Louisiana. DOTD is deploying salt and de-icing agents on roadways as needed, but there are still very hazard conditions out there, and State Trooper Michael Reichardt it could be around for a while…
CUT 8 (08) q: ‘prolonged event’
The State Department of Transportation has closed a portion of I-49 in Caddo Parish, so is I-220 in Bossier and Caddo Parish, along with several on and off ramps of I-20 in Ouachita Parish have been shut down.
cut 13 (05) “very, very careful”
That’s State Climatologist Barry Keim, who says there’s a decent chance of freezing rain from Southwest Louisiana over to East Feliciana Parish.

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Measles outbreaks across the country are grabbing headlines, the CDC is recommending adults between the ages of 57 and 43 get a measles shot. Dr. Frank Lopez, with LSU Health New Orleans Infectious Diseases, says the gap in coverage resulted in people either not being vaccinated against the measles or receiving a vaccination that isn’t as effective as the current vaccine…
CUT 11 (07) Q: “primary care provider”

A 13 year-old boy who was baby sitting for a Baton Rouge man out with his wife for their anniversary, is dead following the accidental discharging of a weapon in the home. Twenty-five year old Adonis Forbes returned to check on the kids, and then examined his gun that was malfunctioning. As he tried to fix it, the gun fired striking 13 year-old Murrain Hawkins in the abdomen. Hawkins died at a local hospital, Forbes was booked with negligent homicide.