Gov. Jeff Landry urged residents in north and central Louisiana to stay off the roads and avail themselves of warming centers as freezing temperatures continued in the state Monday and tens of thousands of households remained without power.

Drivers are reporting standstill traffic on Interstate 20 in Lincoln Parish as troopers work to clear disabled 18-wheelers during ongoing winter storm impacts.

The state parole board freed 185 prisoners during Landry’s tenure, compared with 858 in the two years before he took office. Hundreds who would have been released under previous governors remain incarcerated with little chance of earning parole.

() − Over 100,000 people in Louisiana remained without power on Monday as freezing rain and icy road conditions slowed restoration work across the northern part of the

Power outages are possible across Louisiana as bitter cold is impacting the state. Bookmark this link for live updates as the outages are reported.

We’re looking at extreme cold, record cold," said Josh Weiss, a meteorologist at NOAA’s Weather Prediction Center.

As the winter storm passed, Louisiana sleet and ice piled up. Here are initial reports from NWS of totals from the weekend.

Southeast Louisiana schools are announcing their plans amid dangerously cold air across the region.

Gov. Jeff Landry says Louisiana is not out of danger yet, with prolonged hard freezes, widespread outages in the north and storm-related deaths

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