When it comes to gas, these days, you snooze, you lose. The average price for a gallon of regular unleaded rose another 12 cents last night to $2.84. Gas prices typically increase this time of year with the transition to summer blend of gasoline; but Greg Upton, the executive director of LSU’s Center for Energy Studies, says there’s the added factor of the war in Iran. 

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We’re now hearing from the man who’s administering Louisiana’s new FastSites program that Governor Landry announced yesterday. Landon Lemoine, the strategic investments director at Louisiana Economic Development, says whereas previously the state would wait for companies to approach the state before preparing a site, the state will now have land that’s shovel-ready.

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Former DeRidder mayor Misty Roberts has been found guilty on felony charges for having sex with a 16-year-old boy at her home while she was in office. Jeff Palermo has the story.

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Meta signs the Ratepayer Protection Pledge at the White House today. As part of the pledge, Meta says it will pay the full cost of its energy and water use at its data centers like the one under construction in Richland Parish, so that customers in those areas do not have to be burdened with those costs.