The Department of Health and Hospitals confirm the presence of the brain eating amoeba in a water system in Terrebonne Parish. They say the Naegleria Fowleri amoeba was found in the Schriever Water System in Montegut. That water system serves about 97,000 people in the Houma area. Health officials say the water is safe to drink but warn residents to avoid getting water up their noses. Parish officials began a chlorine burn of the water system Monday afternoon.

A-T-C Commissioner Troy Hebert says his state vehicle was stolen from his Baton Rouge house and the thief attempted to set it on fire. Emelie Gunn has more…

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State Treasurer John Kennedy says the fate of the shuttered charity hospital in New Orleans should not be up to the Jindal administration. The Division of Administration says they have received proposals from five groups who may be interested in redeveloping the former hospital building but a timeline on the future use of the building hasn’t been established. Kennedy says there is not a lot of transparency in this process…

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Kennedy says the building could’ve been used again as a hospital even though a new facility was constructed.

Blue Bell ice cream will once again be hitting stores in select markets starting August 31st. LSU Marketing Professor Dan Rice doesn’t think there will be a massive marketing effort to let people know they are back…

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Louisiana is in phase four of Blue Bell’s five phase re-distribution plan.