Amazon Web Services announces it’s increasing its investment in the Shreveport-Bossier area and will build a third data center. Joe Gallinaro has the story.

Cut 3 (33) “…I’m Joe Gallinaro.”

A Ferriday man is in custody after he allegedly claimed to have shot multiple state employees and planned to target other state offices. Concordia Parish sheriff deputies arrested Reginald McCoy about an hour after receiving the initial threat. Out of the abundance of caution, DCFS closed several of its offices yesterday.

Authorities believe they have found the remains of 15-year-old Je’Darrius Minnieweather at the East Baton Rouge Parish landfill, ending a 36-day search looking through thrash for the teenager. Baton Rouge Police Chief T.J. Morse says DNA testing will be conducted to confirm the remains.

Cut 10 (08) “…very, very hopeful.”

Fifty-one-year-old Maurice Parms is charged with killing Minnieweather. Investigators say Parms beat the teen to death during an argument over Parms’ treatment of a 16-year-old girl Minnieweather knew.

The Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association is hailing the latest offshore lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico, in which 12 companies submitted 69 bids totaling almost 100-million dollars. President Tommy Faucheux says that’s a very impressive number.

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Faucheux says this latest lease sale shows the industry is hitting its stride.