Joshua Wilson walks his dogs Caymus and Moose Tuesday, January 21, 2025, on Mall Street in Lafayette, La. For the first time ever, Lake Charles and much of Acadiana are under a blizzard warning as snow blankets the area Tuesday morning.

The Western Heritage Trail Ride marks the kickoff of the Southwest Louisiana Livestock Show & Rodeo and celebrates the cowboy culture of the Cajun prairie.

The Storm Prediction Center has placed all of Louisiana with the exception of the extreme northwest corner and southeastern third of the state at a slight risk for severe storms today. Those areas not under a slight risk of severe storms will be at a marginal risk for strong to severe storms later tonight and especially during the day on Thursday.

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry and state officials held a news briefing on Wednesday to update residents on the unprecedented weather event and its ongoing challenges.

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.

The Lafayette Parish School Board are holding meetings to hear the superintendent's "vision" for the system, as well as budget processes, at the Golden Nugget.

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

Jeff Landry and parish presidents. Most of the heaviest snowfall will blanket areas in the Interstate 10 corridor beginning after midnight Monday entering western Louisiana in Lake Charles and moving through Lafayette and then Baton Rouge with ...

LOUISIANA (Louisiana Illuminator ... The National Weather Service in Lake Charles confirmed via phone that a verified blizzard impacted their area Tuesday with wind gusts of at least 35 mph and visibility reduced to one-quarter mile for at least three ...

Most Louisiana landscapes, yards, and gardens are not designed to handle extremely cold temperatures. In Lafayette last week the morning temperature was reported to be just "4" degrees, that's extreme cold and chances are you had some plants damaged by the drastic drop in temperature.

The National Weather Service in Lake Charles, LA, issued a blizzard warning about 4:15 a.m. Tuesday, January 21, 2025 for Southeast Texas and Southwest Louisiana. It is the first blizzard warning ever issued by the Lake Charles weather service office.

Starting in Gueydan, the trail ride spans much of southwest Louisiana, passing through Lake Arthur, Jennings, Welsh and Iowa to eventually arrive at the rodeo parade and later ride into Burton Coliseum in Lake Charles.