iberville parish

With a severe cold front moving across Louisiana, various school districts in the Baton Rouge area have announced closures and transitions to remote learning for Tuesday, January 16.

Louisiana has a higher average rate of cancer than the national average.

Alternating lanes will have intermittent closures.

Officials said the highway and bridge would relieve traffic congestion and provide a hurricane evacuation route.

"Purple drank" or "lean" is a recreational drug made with the ingredients of prescription-strength cough syrup, and it has a street value of $40-$50 an ounce.

Authorities say Hastings is believed to be the victim of a violent incident that happened about a week ago in West Baton Rouge Parish, but details of the incident were not released.

The facility, to be operated by Ochsner Health System, will feature 24 patient exam/procedure rooms, two of which will be trauma rooms, and lab and radiology services that will include X-ray, CAT scan, MRI, ultrasound and mammography.

The school district's interest in giving kids a third meal each day is driven by school board member Brian Willis

The sale will be held at the Parish Courthouse at 10 a.m.