A rare winter storm swept through the Deep South on Tuesday, bringing record-breaking snowfall to South Louisiana. Baton Rouge experienced its largest snowfall in over a century, with the National Weather Service officially recording 7.

WASHINGTON – Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy is one of the few in Congress not hemming and hawing about President Donald Trump freeing the protestors who stormed the Capitol on Jan.

After a once-in-a-generation snowfall event Tuesday, DOTD spent Wednesday plowing and salting roads across the southern part of Louisiana. But with the large snow accumulation, subsequent snow melt during the day, and freezing temperatures at night, black ice remained a threat.

Before firing up the boil, will the cold temperatures of the last few weeks and snow affect the beginning of the season?

Interstate 10 from the Louisiana-Texas state line to as far east as Sorrento or Gramercy could be fully open to traffic in both directions at some point Thursday afternoon, Department of Transportation and Development Secretary Joe Donahue said.

All state administrative offices will reopen Friday, Louisiana Division of Administration Commissioner Taylor Barras announced.

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - “Once it gets below that 30-40 percentile that’s when we want to start taking precautionary measures.” Following hours of freezing temperatures over the past 48 hours water levels in some areas are taking a hit.

Mayor-President Sid Edwards talked about the state of East Baton Rouge Parish after a winter storm brought freezing temperatures and historic snow.

A duplex is a total loss after an early Friday morning fire tore through the building. The Baton Rouge Fire Department responded at 4:10 a.m. to the 12000 block of Robbie Avenue, finding fire coming out of the roof.

Run the Louisiana Marathon this weekend Be prepared to sweat this Saturday, Jan. 18, or Sunday, Jan. 19, at the Louisiana Marathon races.  Make sure to stretch and tie your running shoes tight for the Louisiana Marathon,

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