Re-sentencing is scheduled today for Seth Fontenot, convicted of manslaughter and aggravated battery in a 2013 shooting that killed 15-year-old Austin Rivault and injured two others…

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The state Department of Health and Hospitals have confirmed the presence of the brain eating amoeba, naegleria fowleri, in the St. Bernard Parish water system. State health officials say the water is safe to drink, but residents should avoid getting the water into their nose. Parish officials say they will conduct a 60-day chlorine burn to kill the amoeba in the system.

State Climatologist Barry Keim says while the summer heat these days across Louisiana has been brutal, it’s not as bad as some other temps we’ve seen in the not-so-distant past. Keim says back in 2011 in Shreveport, 86 of 92 days in the summer were 95 degrees or greater…

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Keim says a dome of high pressure that’s sitting over the southeastern United States is causing these sweltering temperatures across the state.

A Lithuanian based company will transform an idle in Grant Parish plant into a $265 million ammonia plant. State Representative Terry Brown says Grant Parish continues to grow and new job opportunities help the area flourish…

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The investment which will create 85 new direct jobs and over 500 construction jobs.