Authorities believe they have found the remains of 15-year-old Je’Darrius Minnieweather at the East Baton Rouge Parish landfill, ending a 36-day search looking through thrash for the teenager. Baton Rouge Police Chief T.J. Morse says DNA testing will be conducted to confirm the remains.

Cut 10 (08) “…very, very hopeful.”

Fifty-one-year-old Maurice Parms is charged with killing Minnieweather. Investigators say Parms beat the teen to death during an argument over Parms’ treatment of a 16-year-old girl Minnieweather knew.

The Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association is hailing the latest offshore lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico, in which 12 companies submitted 69 bids totaling almost 100-million dollars. President Tommy Faucheux says that’s a very impressive number.

Cut 7 (08) “…bids for leases.”

Faucheux says this latest lease sale shows the industry is hitting its stride.

A Louisiana nonprofit had a very successful year transitioning servicemembers into civilian life. Andrew Greenstein reports.

Cut 1 (35) “…I’m Andrew Greenstein.”

LDH has reported a rare case of brain eating amoeba found in a Claiborne parish resident. State health officials believe the person acquired the infection known as Naegleria fowleri (nay-GLEER-ee-uh FOW-ler-ee) swimming in Lake Caliborne.  The brain-eating amoeba is commonly found in warm freshwater lakes and the deadly brain infection occurs when water containing the amoeba rushes up the nose and reaches the brain.