Winter weather conditions in north Louisiana is causing ice accumulation on roadways and hazardous driving conditions for motorists…
CUT 2 (29) “reporting”

No short-term solutions from lawmakers today to avoid massive cuts to higher ed, as they met 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.
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The city of Pineville is ecstatic over the news that American Specialty Alloys has announced they plan to build a two-point-four billion dollar 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, and is very thankful…
CUT 3 (06) “surrounding communities”
He says there could be another two thousand construction jobs to build it.

Due to the recent rash of measles outbreaks, the Centers for Disease Control is recommending adults between the ages of 57 and 43 get a measles shot, even if they were already vaccinated. Dr. Frank Lopez, with LSU Health New Orleans Infectious Diseases, has the specifics on the CDC recommendation…
CUT 9 (10) “vaccinated appropriately”