Ellyn Couvillion

A Baton Rouge man has been arrested on 84 counts of pornography involving children under the age of 13 and 11 counts of sexual abuse of an animal, the East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office said.

The weekend will features four races, all beginning and ending at the Louisiana State Museum downtown.

A 60% to 70% chance of snow is expected in Baton Rouge on Tuesday, the National Weather Service said. A cold front coming in over the weekend will bring freezing night-time temperatures, as moisture from the Gulf moves in, creating the right conditions for snow.

Baton Rouge's city-parish government has declared a state of emergency ahead of the freezing weather and snow expected early next week. Schools and public agencies are closing Tuesday, as well.

Twenty-two-year-old D'Shawn Brown was found fatally shot Monday in a McDonald's parking lot, Baton Rouge police said. The department is asking the public for help in solving the crime.

The eastbound I-10 Mississippi River Bridge is closed and I-10 east to Louise Street is also closed, due to hazardous conditions, the state DOTD said.

of 2 Baton Rouge woke up Tuesday morning to extreme cold weather, with temperatures in the 20s and a light snow falling, enough to cover the ground and cars.

Baton Rouge is under an extreme cold warning until 10 a.m. Wednesday, the National Weather Service said. The high today is expected to be 31 degrees, with a low of 16 degrees

At about 11 a.m. Wednesday, Livingston Parish DEMCO customers had the most outages, at 1,073.

The National Weather Service released its final snowfall report on Wednesday morning for this week's winter storm. Compiled from information reported to the weather agency by residents, the numbers show 4 to 9 inches fell in the Baton Rouge area.