Watch the moment a snowball fight broke out at the Slidell Police Department, bringing humor to a rare winter day in Louisiana.

The LDH reported one winter weather-related death in the state this year—a 65-year-old man in Rapides Parish who died due to hypothermia—and advised people to stay inside during the extreme cold and to seek shelter if unhoused.

A brave 14-year-old saved her family and horse after a hit-and-run crash, but police are still searching for the driver who fled.

January 21 2025 will forever be known when a historic winter storm took shape across southeast Louisiana. Most locations saw anywhere between 4-8in+, with some areas (including us at WDSU) receiving 10in.

From New Orleans to the northshore to Baton Rouge to Lafayette, snow is looking more and more likely as a winter storm moves through the area. "The ceiling for this event could be something astonishing.

Jan. 23, Louisiana is remembering 40-year-old Elliot Wilkinson, a victim of the Jan. 1 attack on Bourbon Street.

The cold temperatures are coming from a not uncommon expansion in the Polar Vortex, which are counter-clockwise rotating air currents that typically hang over the Arctic.

Southeast Louisiana received historic amounts of snowfall on Jan. 21 as a winter storm swept through the South. Find out Louisiana's snow totals here.

Snow flurries are continuing to rain down in Louisiana as inches of snow pile up on the ground across the state, already exceeding some previous predictions for the maximum amounts