It was a very cold morning across Louisiana. Phil Grigsby, with the National Weather Service in New Orleans, says the same low temperature in Baton Rouge and Slidell tied a record set on this very date last year…
CUT 9 (09) “interesting thing”

The freezing temperatures we had has strawberry farmers working to minimize the damage on their crops here in the state. Regina Bracy, with the LSU AgCenter, says sub freezing temps can have disasterous effects on the strawberry harvest.
CUT 3 (09) “a few berries”
But Bracy adds that strawberry plants can take the cold, and she suspects that freezing weather will just delay the start of the Louisiana strawbery season.

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Governor Bobby Jindal is about to take off for Germany, Great Britain and Switizlerland, seeking foreign trade and investment. Louisiana Economic Development Secretary Stephen Moret says all of the companies they’ll be meeting with are considering major projects in Louisiana…:
CUT 7 (08) Q: “services firms”
Jindal leaves on Sunday.

A Thibodaux man is under arrest after he told cops he stole a vehicle because his phone said it was OK. Thibodaux Police Spokesman David Melancon says, says after further questioning, 46-year-old Lionel Adams Jr of Thibodaux admitted that he knew the car was not his…:
CUT 15 (09) Q: “no one was injured”
The charges include theft of a motor vehicle, and DWI.