According to a study from the transportation research group TRIP, Louisianians pay about $514 extra per year for car upkeep due to poor road conditions. Associate Director of Research and Communications, Carolyn Kelly, says the additional costs come in the form of accelerated vehicle depreciation, tire wear, and maintenance costs…:
CUT 6 (07) “damage repaired”
The report shows 36-percent of roads in Shreveport are considered in poor condition, 38-percent in Baton Rouge, and 42-percent in New Orleans.

Seth Fontenot was re-sentenced today to 13 months in prison with hard labor on his manslaughter and aggravated battery conviction in a 2013 shooting which claimed the life of 15-year-old Austin Rivault and injured two others. Fontenot was initially sentenced to three years in prison, with all but 13 months suspended, but lawyers claimed the penalty wasn’t legal because manslaughter convictions can’t be suspended.

The State Department of Health and Hospitals has confirmed the presence of a brain eating amoeba in the St. Bernard Parish Water System. Spokeswoman Olivia Hwang (WONG) says they water is safe to drink, but they are conducting a 60-day chlorine burn out of an abundance of caution…:
CUT 9 (11) “high up their nose”
The site was tested by DHH as part of the state’s new drinking water surveillance program.

State Police say a single-vehicle crash in Richland Parish has claimed the life of a 96-year-old Delhi man. Trooper Michael Reichardt says James Coleman was driving his truck south of Delhi when he lost control of the vehicle…:
CUT 3 (05) “pronounced dead”
He says the elderly man was not restrained when he crashed and stresses the importance of buckling up when you get behind the wheel.