Hello from the LFP digital desk, where we've got the latest edition of our OHL mailbag. Here's your Tuesday roundup.

THE VERY LATEST: Our Dale Carruthers reports that a London man who stabbed his disabled mother to death inside her home won’t be able to apply for parole for 13 years. Jonathan Halfyard, 39, pleaded guilty in September to second-degree murder – a conviction that carries an automatic life sentence – for killing Carolyn Carter, 69, after she kicked him out of her northwest London house on April 20, 2023. Superior Court Justice Michael Carnegie accepted a joint submission from the defence and the Crown to set Halfyard’s parole eligibility at 13 years.

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FORECAST: Another day, another blast of wintry weather hammered London.

PHOTO+STORY: Our Jennifer Bieman examines the science behind the snowfall and spoke with an Environment Canada meteorologist to better understand lake-effect snow and why it so often slams the London region. But the weather wasn't all bad, if you're asking brothers Lucas and Thomas Norseyev, ages three and seven. (Derek Ruttan/The London Free Press)

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Our Heather Rivers examines the status of the Thames Valley District school board's top official, on leave since September.

Our Jack Moulton reports that city politicians have endorsed allowing a lower minimum ceiling height in London homes.

Our Jane Sims has full coverage on the stunning defence admission at the ongoing bush party homicide trial.

PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY: We're going back to a snowy day in 2005 for this great LFP Archives photo of a tree's shadow cast over the rugby field at Western University (then known as the University of Western Ontario).