The DA in Lafayette Parish is going to appeal the 13 month prison sentence of Seth Fontenot for killing a 15-year-old. Fontenot got manslaughter and two counts of aggravated battery and had all but the 13 months of his sentence suspended. District Attorney Keith Stutes says that’s not enough…:
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Fontenot shot at a moving truck in 2012 claiming he was being robbed. One of the bullets killed Austin Rivault and two other teens were also wounded.

Tuition is going up starting next semester for four year colleges in Louisiana. U-L System President Doctor Sandra Woodley says last school year’s tuition in Louisiana was well below the Southern Regional Average…:
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The highest increase is at UL-Lafayette at 20 percent while Nichols State’s tuition hike is less than 2 percent.

Anti-abortion advocates gather in New Orleans for a three-day convention that begins today. Emelie Gunn has the story…:
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The Army is expected to make an official announcement today, but US Representative Ralph Abraham’s office says Fort Polk will lose 358 soldiers from its Vernon Parish military base as part of the 40-thousand troop reduction plan nationwide. Abraham says Fort Polk shouldn’t lose a single soldier, because of the growing threat from ISIS.