Eleven children were injured in a single vehicle school bus crash in Rapides Parish Tuesday morning. Michelle Southern reports…

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The wintry weather that moved across north Louisiana yesterday dropped significant amounts of snow in the area and has caused hazardous driving conditions this morning. Icy conditions remain on roadways, bridges, and overpasses. If you do plan on driving this morning, you should use extreme caution behind the wheel and give yourself some extra time to reach your destination.

State Farm announces they’ve received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration to use drones to inspect customers’ roofs. Spokesman Gary Stephenson says they plan to use the drones to look at a roof before issuing policies, for renewals, catastrophe damage and in claims holding. He says the flying devices will assess damage at a faster pace in certain instances…

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The Department of Wildlife and Fisheries says Louisiana now has the second highest number of nesting bald eagles. Michael Seymour, who works with all non-game birds with LDWF, says they looked at 647 nests and found that 356 were active with eggs, young and adults tending to them. He says most of them were located in the southeastern part of the state…

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Seymour says bald eagles build families during the first few months of the year which is why they have recently conducted a new survey.