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Water deliveries ongoing to areas hit hard by winter storms in Louisiana Louisiana National Guard and last updated 2021-02-19 19:56:47-05 This week, winter weather has battered much of the state and the country, bringing with it freezing rains, ice, and snow. In Louisiana, residents from the gulf coast to the northern border were blasted with below freezing temperatures. Three people are confirmed to have died as a result of the frigid weather. As some of the parishes begin to thaw, the stat...

Cleco restores power to nearly 33,000 customers affected by winter storms Cleco and last updated 2021-02-19 21:18:07-05 As of 8 p.m. today, Cleco has restored power to nearly 33,000 of the roughly 43,000 customers who lost power after a second winter storm hit Cleco’s service territory within the same week. “We’re making progress,” said James Lass, director of distribution and emergency management. “Our crews are patrolling lines and making repairs as safely and quickl...

The Acadia Parish Sheriff’s Office says they are investigating a shooting on Thursday on I-10.

GMA Cool Schools: Northwest High School School Hosts Virtual Robotics Competition . and last updated 2021-02-19 06:30:32-05 Todays Cool School is Northwest High School in St. Landry Parish. The school hosted a Virtual Robotics Competition, where 21 teams from across the nation competed virtually against each other. . It was the first time Northwest hosted a robotics contest. The Jawas and the Phrog teams had an excellent time and did and outstanding job. If you have a Cool School let us know....

Plaisance Water System to shut off water, boil advisory in effect PWS will shut off water systemwide Friday, Feb. 19 at 10 p.m. until Saturday, Feb. 20 at 9 a.m. Courtesy of MGN Online and last updated 2021-02-19 14:01:20-05 PLAISANCE, La. — The Plaisance Water System announced that it will shut off water systemwide Friday, Feb. 19 at 10 p.m. until Saturday, Feb. 20 at 9 a.m. in order to build up its water pressure. PWS officials say there will be a boil advisory in effect on Saturday un...

Two inmates arrested in connection with fire at Franklin PD Contraband found in wall adjacent to file room Franklin Fire Department and last updated 2021-02-19 11:47:51-05 Two inmates have been arrested in connection with a fire at the Franklin Police Department on Thursday. Police says that around 6:55 p.m. officers discovered a fire in a file room of the Police Department building after detecting smoke. Upon further investigations into the cause of the fire, with the assistance of the Frankli...

Second Harvest delivering 1,500 cases of water to Lake Charles area Friday, Feb. 19 Second Harvest Food Bank / Facebook Second Harvest Food Bank truck fueling up Friday morning to deliver over 1,500 cases of water to Lake Charles for two emergency water distributions. - February 19, 2021 and last updated 2021-02-19 13:04:27-05 Second Harvest Food Bank is delivering 1,500 cases of water to Lake Charles on Friday. The organization says the emergency water distribution events will take place at tw...

LWC: Initial unemployment insurance claims drop for week ending February 13 Louisiana Workforce Commission and last updated 2021-02-19 10:46:32-05 According to the Louisiana Workforce Commission, the initial unemployment insurance claims for the week ending February 13, 2021 dropped to 6,458 from the week ending February 6, 2021. Thats a decrease of 2,552 initial claims from the previous weeks total of 9,010. For a comparison, LWC says that during the week ending February 15, 2020, 1,739 initia...

Acadia Parish schools closed on Thursday KATC photo and last updated 2021-02-17 15:56:21-05 CROWLEY, La. — The Acadia Parish School System will remain closed on Thursday, February 18, 2021 due to continued challenges with winter weather conditions. "We will continue to assess facilities, water systems across the parish, electrical power and road conditions during the day on Thursday. Well announce a decision regarding operations for Friday on Thursday afternoon," a statement from the dis...

Acadiana's miserable, wet and cold weather pattern will gradually give way to sunnier conditions by Friday, but temperatures will remain some 20 degrees below normal through Saturday morning.