Last month’s oil spill off the Louisiana coast could be a disaster for the state’s oyster industry.
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Crawfish prices continue to drop as the Easter weekend approaches. That’s according to the Crawfish App, who says based on real-team pricing consumers can expect to pay an average of $3.71 per pound for live crawfish and $6.37 per pound for boiled crawfish. That’s a drop of 50-cents from last weekend.
A wildfire in Winn Parish caused some tense moments yesterday as about 250 people had to be evacuated. Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain says it was likely caused by a tractor trailer tire that had caught on fire, and the fire response was tremendous.
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The blaze burned at least 15-hundred acres.
Three Ochsner hospitals are ranked among the Top 250 hospitals in the United States according to Newsweek Magazine. They are Ochsner Medical Center New Orleans, Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center and Ochsner Medical Center Baton Rouge. Regional Medical Director Dr. Quentin Alleva says Ochsner’s success is because it’s a one-stop shop for all of a patient’s medical needs.