A strong line of thunderstorms moving across the state has knocked out power and caused property damage in North Louisiana. Marty Mayeaux (My-you) with the National Weather Service in Shreveport says they are receiving a lot of damage reports, especially from Ouachita Parish…

CUT 12 (10) “all that area”

Meanwhile, Gavin Phillips from the National Weather Service Office in Slidell says once the front moves through, you can expect to feel fall-like temperatures, as they will begin to drop in north and Central Louisiana tonight…

CUT 5 (04) “tomorrow morning”

Right now, the tornado watches include southwest Louisiana in effect until 7 pm and southeast Louisiana until 10 o’clock tonight.

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A ten-month-old infant is recovering at a hospital in Shreveport after she spent nearly three days under her father’s body. Sabine Parish Deputy Coroner Ron Rivers says 43-year-old Jason Fields of Pleasant Hill suffered a massive heart attack in her bedroom and fell back on top of the infant, who was resting on the bed…

CUT 6 (09) “long period of time”

A few blisters, and some hydration, but otherwise the baby is reportedly doing fine.

Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell plans on seeking a temporary restraining order to stop incinerated personal belongings of a Dallas Ebola Virus victim from going to a to a Calcasieu Parish landfill. Caldwell says there’s a safer way to dispose of it, instead of bringing it across state lines…

CUT 11 (07) Q “alternatives”

The landfill has also announced they will not accept the ashes until state officials say it’s OK.