DNA testing still needs to be conducted, but Baton Rouge authorities believe they have found the remains of 15-year-old Je’Darrius Minnieweather, whose body ended up in a landfill in Zachary. East Baton Rouge Mayor Sid Edwards says the odds were stacked against them.

Cut 11 (12) “…didn’t count that.”

Search crews spent 36 days combing through thrash and debris looking for Minnieweather, who authorities believe was beaten to death by 51-year-old Maurice Parms.

The U-S Fifth Circuit of Court of Appeals has rejected an Angola death row inmate’s attempt to avoid execution for killing two people at a Baton Rouge restaurant in 1995. Todd Wessinger is arguing that his court appointed attorneys did not provide him effective counsel during his trial. But Cicruit court judge Don Willett described Wessinger’s argument as a clever attempt.

Another data center is coming to Louisiana as Amazon Web Services, who already announced plans to build two data centers in northwest Louisiana, is now building a third in Shreveport. Economic Development Secretary Susan Bourgeois says the facilities will rely on air cooling most of the year. She says Amazon also plans to invest up to 400-million dollars to improve public water infrastructure. And L-E-D says Amazon is working with SWEPCO to fully fund the new energy infrastructure.

Bourgeois says these plans align with Louisiana’s broader strategy to responsibly support large-scale A-I investments.

Cut 15 (13) “…in that regard.”

Louisiana Mid Continent Oil and Gas Association President Tommy Faucheux is hailing the latest offshore lease sale a success as 12 companies submitted 69 bids totaling 100-million dollars….

Cut 9 (13) “….to see return”

Faucheux says they will continue advocating for federal policies that encourage increased domestic energy production and capital investment in the Gulf of America.