The New Orleans Police Department has identified the officers who fatally shot the Houston man who carried out the New Year’s Day attack on Bourbon Street. NOPD Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick says body camera footage shows officers approaching Shamsud-Din Jabbar’s pickup truck after it crashed into construction equipment in the 300-block of Bourbon Street…

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Kirkpatrick calls officers Nigel Daggs,  Christian Byer and Jacobie Jordan heroes.

It’s king cake season and for the first time in its 104 year history Hubig’s Pies is selling King Cakes. The owner of the New Orleans staple, Andrew Ramsey, says they have four flavors: traditional cinnamon, Hubig’s custard, Dutch apple, and cream cheese.

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Ramsey says the store-sold cakes measure 10×10 inches, while online orders will be slightly larger.

A popular New Year’s Resolution is to eat better. Candida Rebello, the director of the nutrition and chronic disease program at LSU’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center, says when choosing foods, look for foods that are low in energy density – those are foods that have high dietary fiber content and high-water content.

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To increase you fiber intake, try to cover at least half of your plate with fruits and vegetables.

Southeastern Louisiana University is once again collecting discarded Christmas trees to enhance local wetlands. Turtle Cove Environmental Research Station Manager Rob Moreau says this initiative marks its 30th year.

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Instead of going into landfills, the discarded trees are used to combat erosion and create wildlife habitats in the Manchac (MAN-shack) Swamp Wetlands.

Seven victims of the attack on Bourbon Street have filed a lawsuit against the city and two of its contractors, alleging they failed to protect the street from what happened on New Year’s Day morning, an assailant driving down the street at a high rate of speed. Loyola University Law professor Dane Ciolino says a lawsuit targeting private contractors instead of the police department could be successful….

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The suit takes aim at one of the contractors Mott MacDonald, alleging the firm was warned Bourbon Street was vulnerable to a vehicle attack. Ciolino adds it may take years for this suit to be resolved.

Former New York Police Commissioner Bill Bratton met with the media yesterday. He’s the consultant brought in to help New Orleans Police with its security plan for the Super Bowl and Mardi Gras…

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Governor Jeff Landry has named Scott Ballard as the new president of the LSU Board of Supervisors. Ballard is a co-owner of P-J’s Coffee and according to the Advocate newspaper helped raise substantial amounts of money for Landry’s gubernatorial campaign. Ballard is not an LSU grad and this is his second stint on the LSU Board of Supervisors.

The oldest institute of higher education in Louisiana is celebrating a milestone this year. Andrew Greenstein reports.

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The New Orleans Police Department is bringing in some outside assistance to help devise counterterrorism strategies ahead of two major events coming up.

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The Louisiana Supreme Court says State Police has the authority to clear homeless encampments in New Orleans. The city of New Orleans argued Governor Jeff Landry overstepped his authority by ordering the sweeps and disrupted efforts to provide permanent housing. Landry gave the city a November deadline to address the issue. It’s unknown when the sweeps will resume.

Centenary College in Shreveport is celebrating its 200^th anniversary this year. Centenary president Doctor Christopher Holoman says for two centuries, the college has prepared students for a wide variety of professions, including the medical profession.

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Dr. Holoman says a couple years ago, they started the Centenary Affordability Pledge, in which the school does not charge any additional tuition for students who carry full Pell scholarship and a full TOPS scholarship.

Southeastern Louisiana University is once again collecting discarded Christmas trees and using them to help enhance the Manchac Swamp Wetlands. Rob Moreau says trees can be dropped off at the Hammond Maintenance Facility and the Southeastern Sustainability Center…

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Seven victims of the New Year’s Day Bourbon Street attack have filed a lawsuit against the City of New Orleans and city contractors. The lawsuit claims the defendants ignored repeated warnings about security risks.  Loyola University Law Professor Dane Ciolino says it’s an interesting angle.

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With the Super Bowl and Mardi Gras happening in New Orleans in the coming weeks, the New Orleans Police Department is bringing in a renowned security expert to recommend strategies to prevent another attack. Former New York City Police Commissioner Bill Bratton was introduced yesterday and said he’s bringing in a team of experts.

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Southeastern Louisiana University is once again involved in a project where they use discarded Christmas Trees to aid in Louisiana wetlands restoration. Rob Moreau, manager of Southeastern’s Turtle Cove Environmental Research Station says they deploy the trees into areas needed most in the Manchac Swamp Wetlands…

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Approximately 45-thousand trees have been deployed through the Southeastern program in the past 29 years.

The sixth ranked LSU Lady Tigers are now 18-and-0 after Kailyn Gilbert made a difficult shot in the lane with less than a second left to beat 16^th ranked Tennessee 89 to 87 in Knoxville. Coach Kim Mulkey says they wanted Gilbert to take that shot…

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Gilbert finished with 22 points.

A lawsuit has been filed against the City of New Orleans and city contractors by seven victims of the terror attack on Bourbon Street. Sean Richardson has more.

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Former New York Police Commissioner Bill Bratton met with the media yesterday. He’s the consultant brought in to help New Orleans Police with its security plan for the Super Bowl and Mardi Gras…

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A winter storm warning is still up for northwest Louisiana, but most of the precipitation has left the area. SWEPCO is reporting 16-hundred of its customers are without power, most of those are in Caddo and Bossier Parishes.

The cold weather has also produced one death in Louisiana. The Louisiana Department of Health reports a 65-year-old homeless man in Rapides Parish died from hypothermia.

The oldest higher education institution in Louisiana is celebrating its 200th anniversary this year. Centenary College in Shreveport was founded in 1825, with its original campus in Jackson, Louisiana. Centenary President Dr. Christopher Holoman says the school takes a unique approach to its liberal arts curriculum.

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Snow is falling in Arkansas and Texas, but it’s mostly rain in Louisiana. SWEPCO is prepared in case there are downed power lines from icing. Spokesperson Michelle Marcotte says more than 500 on-site contract crews are positioned in areas predicted to be affected by the storm…

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Schools are closed in Caddo and Bossier parishes tomorrow and ULM is also closing its campus tomorrow because of the winter weather.

LSU Public Health Climatologist Barry Keim says south Louisiana can expect heavy rainfall tonight and tomorrow…

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And we are not looking at any real warm-up until next weekend.

You can help those affected by the tragedy in New Orleans by buying special Saints and Pelicans “love for New Orleans” warm-up shirts. Brittany Whitsell, the director of charitable giving and development for the Saints and the Pelicans, says they’re designed to show solidarity with the city.

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Whitsell says they are selling for 35-dollars a piece on the Saints and Pelicans’ websites, with proceeds going towards the Greater New Orleans Foundation’s New Year’s Day Tragedy Fund.

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries says we could see fish kills because of the below freezing temperatures. LDWF fisheries biologist Jason Adriance…

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Coastal species commonly impacted by low water temperatures are White Trout, Red Drum, Black Drum and Spotted Seatrout.

Winter storm warnings and winter storm advisories are in effect for much of north Louisiana. LRN Meteorologist Bill Jacquemin reports Texas and Arkansas will get the brunt of this storm, not Louisiana…

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Because of the winter weather, the ULM campus will be closed tomorrow.

The city of Alexandria has opened a warming station on Bolton Avenue. It will remain open through the weekend. Cots and Ready to Eat meals are available.

Eleven people have died in eight separate fires this year and in each case, the home did not have a working smoke detector. State Fire Marshal Bryan Adams says if you need a smoke alarm, call you local fire department and they will come out and install them for you…

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Adams also says if you are using a space heater, make sure it’s three to five feet away from combustible objects.

The Saints and Pelicans have been seen wearing special love for New Orleans warm-up shirts in response to the New Year’s Day terrorist attack on Bourbon Street. The shirts are available to the public for 35-dollars. Brittany Whitsell, director of charitable giving and development, says proceeds will support the victims…

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You can purchase the shirts on the teams’ websites.