The latest closure means that nearly three-quarters of Louisiana’s portion of the coast-to-coast highway is shut. A rare winter storm brought record snowfall to the state on Tuesday.

A record-setting snowstorm along the Gulf Coast has Louisiana officials worried people unaccustomed to the cold might overreact in ways that could get them killed. Hence, a strange warning was issued during the storm: Don’t invite alligators, bears and other wildlife into your home.

The rare winter storm that is hitting the southern portion of the United States became historic Tuesday morning when the Lake Charles National Weather Service office issued its first-ever blizzard warning.

There is a little skepticism regarding the measuring tactics of the day, and since the storm was in 1895, and most people who were measuring the snowfall officially are probably deceased, the official total for that storm will continue to stand at 10 inches as well.

During a snowstorm in Metairie, Louisiana, on1, 2025, Father Tim faced off in a snowball fight against Sister Anna Margaret, Sister Maria Caeli, and Sister Felicity in a 3-1 challenge. This was the first year the Dominican Sisters of Saint Cecilia joined the faculty at St.

A group of nuns engaged in a snowball fight with a priest at St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church & School in Metairie, Louisiana, during a snowstorm on Tuesday.