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• Crawfish Tracker: Prices soar in capital area as Louisiana gets ready to reopen

  May 14, 2020 5:17 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Things are slowly getting back to the way they were before the coronavirus outbreak, and that applies to crawfish prices as well. According to the WBRZ Crawfish Price Index , the cost of boiled crawfish jumped significantly this week. The average cost of boiled crawfish is... more »

• La. casinos will reopen next week with new rules in place

  May 12, 2020 1:38 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Louisiana's casinos will not immediately reopen when the governor's current stay-at-home order expires this Friday. The chairman of Louisiana's Gaming Control Board says they will remain closed until Monday, May 18. That is due largely to revised floor plans for gambling spaces needing to be approved.... more »

• Horse infected with lethal mosquito-transmitted virus in Iberville Parish

  July 25, 2017 1:13 PM

  IBERVILLE PARISH - The Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry says an unvaccinated horse in Iberville Parish has been infected with a potentially deadly mosquito-transmitted disease. According to LDAF Commissioner Mike Strain, the horse tested positive for Eastern Equine Encephalitis, a severe virus that can infect both pets and... more »