As Louisiana continues to recover from the flood, Attorney General Jeff Landry warns residents to be aware of crooked contractors. Landry says there website has a sample contract you should use with contractors performing repairs on your home and tips to protect yourself.
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Landry says if you come across a shady contractor call 1-866-720-5721.

A Lafayette man is attempting to make the hottest pepper in the world. Self-professed pepper aficionado, Troy Primeaux, says his first pepper, the 7-Pot Primo, is the second hottest pepper in the world, next to the Carolina Reaper. He says he’s working to make a pepper that’s even hotter- the Louisiana Creeper.
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Primeaux says the preliminary data looks good for the Louisiana Creeper to be the hottest pepper in the world.

Did the SEC drop the ball with the Florida/LSU game? Michelle Southern reports…:
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The models on Hurricane Matthew are inconsistent, but is it possible it could flip back around and hit Florida again and enter the Gulf? State Climatologist Barry Keim is optimistic Louisiana is in the clear…:
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