A winter storm warming is in effect for parishes north of I-20 from this evening through tomorrow morning. Gary Chatelain with the National Weather Service in Shreveport says a winter weather advisory is also in effect along and south of I-20. He says those areas won’t be hit as hard as northern parishes…:
CUT 4 (06) “noon or so”
Chatelain says this weather event should not be as severe as last week’s.

The mother of Victor White III’s child has filed a wrongful death lawsuit in federal court against Iberia Parish Sheriff Louis Ackal and a deputy in White’s death. White died from a gunshot wound while handcuffed in the backseat of the deputy’s squad car. Monroe attorney, Carol Powell Lexing, who represents White’s family, says reason for the lawsuit is simple…:
CUT 9 (07) “accountable for it”
Calls to the Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Department have not been returned.

The Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s office says a man is dead after officers responded to reports that the suspect was shooting a gun into the air in the middle of the street. Captain Dawn Foret says 49-year-old Troy Brady may have been firing shots into the air while running down the road and that’s where cops found them…:
CUT 7 (08) “un responsive”
She says Brady later died at a hospital and there were no obvious signs of trauma so an autopsy has been ordered.

Lots of people showed up to support Fort Polk to Army officials yesterday in Vernon Parish. Personnel reductions are being considered at about 30 bases across the country. Fort Polk Progress Chairman Michael Reese says they believe the visitors from the military heard loud and clear that the entire state of Louisiana does not support yet another troop reduction at Fort Polk…:
CUT 14 (06) “those evaluators”