A survey by MarblePort Polling on Louisiana’s governor’s race shows Republican David Vitter leading the field with 34-percent of the vote. Democrat John Bel Edwards is close behind with 31-percent, followed by Republicans Jay Dardenne with 14-percent and Scott Angelle with 7-percent. MarblePort Founder Ethan Zorfas says the early picture in this race is clear…

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The automated phone survey polled just over 1000 Louisiana residents.

The Spring Equinox occurs today, at precisely 5:45PM, marking the end of winter and the beginning of Spring. State Climatologist Barry Keim says this past winter will go into the record books as a cold and dry one in Louisiana…

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Keim says The Bayou State has been getting a lot of rain over the past few weeks and it’s setting the stage for what we can expect this spring.

Spring is in the air and crawfish season is in full swing in Louisiana. Gulf Seafood Institute Chairman Harlon Pearce says they expected a substantial change in the price of the mudbugs once we got those crazy early March winter temperatures out of the way and you’ll certainly see it this weekend…

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Pearce says you could easily see boiled crawfish this weekend at about $3.50 a pound.

The LSU men’s basketball team ended their season in heartbreaking fashion last night as the Bayou Bengals blew a 16-point lead in losing to North Carolina State 66-65 in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. LSU missed its last 12 shots from the field and six free throws in the final four minutes to allow the Wolfpack to steal the victory.