Kaylee Whittaker

Spot the 🐱!

Meet Cookie, our *unofficial* station mascot and rodent exterminator! She was born right here in our back parking lot about 8 or 9 months ago and decided to make it her home.

She has a twin brother, Cream who makes occasional visits, and YES they have both been fixed! (You can see her clipped ear if you zoom in)

Looks like she’s trying to take the storm tracker out and help us track these storms over the next few days!

Make sure to tune into KALB News Channel 5’s Midday today for my latest forecast on the incoming active weather. Chief Meteorologist Jobie Lagrange will have your late afternoon/evening weather updates!

We have a toasty Tuesday in the forecast, but big changes will arrive soon!! Click the thumbnail below for the latest details ⬇️

First Alert Weather KALB's First Alert Weather Team is your source for the latest weather updates in Alexandria, Louisiana and the central Louisiana area

Spotty showers are moving through Cenla!

Like the past few days, coverage will remain minimal for the rest of the morning and afternoon. You will want to stay weather-aware this evening, a few strong to severe storms will be possible as a line of storms moves across the state overnight.

(Posted 11:45 AM, 4/24/2026)

Catch KALB’s Coffee Break today at 10:30 AM!

It’s a short newscast available ONLY on our website, app, and other ~digital~ streaming platforms (Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Apple Tv).

I will have your top news headlines and the latest on tonight’s expected storms!

🌧️ We saw some much-needed rainfall in *a couple* areas of Cenla yesterday! 🌧️

While most parts of the region only saw trace amounts, a couple of hot spots saw over 4 inches! These were the hit-or-miss storms we have been talking about.

The two main hot spots were in Natchitoches and Vernon parishes. Over 4 inches of rain was observed in Natchitoches Parish, SE of Provencal, along with in SW Vernon Parish, next to the state line.

*Parts* of Rapides, Sabine, Grant, Avoyelles, St. Landry, Allen, and Beauregard Parishes also received 1-2+ inches.

If you are in one of the areas that have not seen rain yet, more is on the way over the next few days, but coverage will likely remain isolated to scattered (hit-or-miss).

Have you seen any rain in your location? Let me know down below with your general location. ⬇️

(Posted 11:35 AM, 4/23/2026)

First Alert Weather KALB's First Alert Weather Team is your source for the latest weather updates in Alexandria, Louisiana and the central Louisiana area

Rocking earth tones for Earth Day! 🩵💚🤎

Did you know that Earth Day was founded by a US senator back in the 70’s? Wisconsin Senator Ga***rd Nelson wanted to bring attention to environmental issues, like pollution, and began the modern environmental movement in 1970.

The first Earth day actually led to the creation of the EPA, how cool!

If you want to learn more about Earth Day, you can check out earthday.org

Light spotty showers are moving through Cenla.

We'll continue to see some hit-or-miss showers and maybe a couple thunderstorms throughout the day, so keep your rain gear handy! Some heavy rainfall will be possible at times.

(Posted 6:50 AM, 4/22/2026)

Happy Earth Day, Cenla! Here is your hunting and fishing forecast for the day ahead.

Keep some rain gear handy if you'll be spending time outdoors, we'll be tracking scattered showers on and off throughout the day with a few thunderstorms possible as well. Otherwise, we expect partly to mostly cloudy skies, highs in the upper 70s to low 80s, and winds generally SE at 5-10 mph, occasionally gusting near 15-20 mph.

Have a great Wednesday, let's make it over the hump!

Happy Earth Day!
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