 BY DOUG GRAHAM | Staff writer Interstate 10 is open statewide. Grocery stores and other retail shops are bustling again, and we managed to make it through 24 hours without seeing the thermometer dip below 32 degrees. Can our more familiar warm, ridiculously humid conditions be far behind? The winter storm that dumped more than 7 inches of snow on Baton Rouge — the city's largest one-day snowfall in over a century — will soon just be a chilly memory. Life will fall back into its normal rhythm, especially when schools reopen their classrooms next week. And Mardi Gras is coming! Read about how local residents returned to their public lives on Friday.
Donovan Mitchell took the oath of office as the new Port Allen police chief in December. This week, he experienced his first public emergency as chief as the city was blasted by frigid and snowy weather conditions. Read how he met the challenge.
The LSU women had trouble putting the ball in the basket and struggled with foul trouble Friday as the No. 5 Tigers saw their bid for an upset at South Carolina fizzle in a 66-56 loss. Read why the defeat seemed frustratingly familiar. | 
