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• Gas prices increasing cost of other items, making everyday services seem like a luxury Play Video

  March 9, 2022 6:54 PM

  BATON ROUGE- Gas prices are exceeding records set 14 years ago and more records are expected to be set in the coming days as the economy adjusts to the price of a gallon of gasoline. The cost of everything else is expected to go up, lawn service companies included.... more »

• Inflation, though still high, edged down in the third quarter

  November 24, 2021 9:53 AM

  Though prices across the U.S. are still higher than usual, data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis showed Wednesday that during the third quarter of the year prices eased slightly. CNN reports on this data, highlighting evidence that a key measure of inflation grew at an annualized rate of... more »

• Baton Rouge hardware stores face shortages, price increases due to the pandemic Play Video

  May 8, 2021 8:22 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Local hardware stores are still seeing pandemic-related shortages, more than a year after the virus first hit the state. "The closest to me like this would be like before a big freeze, you'll run out of certain things, where you tell people you don't have anything,"... more »

• Cold weather means higher prices for crawfish Play Video

  February 18, 2021 7:24 PM

  WHITE CASTLE - Crawfish traps are coming up empty at time of year when they should be full. "Normally at this time of year, we're usually rolling six, seven days a week. We're cacthing real good, pulling out great crawfish, a lot of good numbers of crawfish," said Will... more »

• WBRZ Crawfish Index: save a penny this week on boiled price

  May 25, 2017 3:38 PM

  BATON ROUGE – For the second week in a row, boiled crawfish prices fell slightly. According to the WBRZ Crawfish Price Index, the average price for boiled crawfish sits at $3.57 per pound. That is just one penny lower than last week’s average price. Click here to go... more »

• WBRZ Crawfish Price Index: Boiled crawfish price per pound drops below $4

  March 16, 2017 7:24 PM

  BATON ROUGE – The trend of falling crawfish prices continued this week, with prices for a pound of boiled crawdads dropping another 10 cents. According to the WBRZ Crawfish Price Index, the average price for one pound of boiled crawfish dipped to $3.98. This week’s price marks the first... more »

• Looking for crawfish? There is an app for that Play Video

  February 10, 2017 6:29 PM

  BATON ROUGE – Just ahead of crawfish season, one family launched an app that compares prices and finds sellers for mudbugs in the area. Ryan King and his wife decided to create an app after looking for crawfish. "We called around probably about an hour and a half... more »

• LSU-Wisconsin opener hottest SEC ticket this season

  July 27, 2016 2:06 PM

  BATON ROUGE - An analyst from a secondary ticket sales site has come up with a ranking of the Top 20 Most Expensive SEC Games for the upcoming college football season. With kick off time rapidly closing in, Jake Sharpless at Rukkus dug into the data on SEC ticket... more »

• Two BR gas stations have lowest gas prices in the state

  June 2, 2016 1:17 PM

  BATON ROUGE- Two Baton Rouge gas stations have the lowest gas prices in the state. According to The Advertiser , Costco off of Airline Highway and Sam's Club at Cortana Place are the two gas stations that have the lowest prices in the state at $1.85 per gallon of regular... more »

• Gas prices back under $2 a gallon Play Video

  August 25, 2015 7:41 PM

  BATON ROUGE - It's the cheapest gas has been in months and experts say the price of gas could drop even more. So far, the city has seen prices as low as $1.99 per gallon starting on Tuesday, and experts say if the price of oil continues to go down... more »