Today, Seth Fontenot will be re-sentenced on his manslaughter and aggravated battery conviction for a 2013 shooting that killed 15-year-old Austin Rivault and injured two others. In July, Fontenot was sentenced to 3 years at hard labor with all but 13 months suspended. Legal analyst Tim Meche says the state filed a motion for re-sentencing after Judge Ed Rubin handed down his decision…

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State law prevents a judge from suspending the sentence of someone convicted of a crime of violence.

State Climatologist Barry Keim says the cause of this current run of extremely warm weather across Louisiana is a dome of high pressure that’s sitting over the southeastern United States. He says that and the clear skies are causing the sun to bake the surface…

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If you have to be outside, it’s important to stay properly hydrated.

A plant that has sat idle in Grant Parish will be transformed into a $265 million ammonia plant. A Lithuanian based company is making the investment which will create 85 new direct jobs and generate over 500 construction jobs. State Representative Terry Brown says the plant will be located near Pollock…

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The plant will produce 500-thousand tons of ammonia per year.

You’ll soon see a new restaurant, museum and expanded tours at The Tabasco Sauce Factory in Iberia Parish. Vice President of Administration Cecil Hymel says the museum is set to open in the fall and will hold pre-Civil War artifacts and give insight to the McIhenny family and Avery Island. He says there will be an exhibit exploring each of Tabasco’s presidents since the opening of the facility…

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He says visitors will now be able to see parts of the plant never seen before.