Do crude oil prices over 100-dollars mean more money for the state’s coffers? Jeff Palermo has more…:

CUT 02(31)      “…Jeff Palermo.”

A New Orleans woman escapes unhurt, after a gunman carjacked her vehicle while she was filling her tank. Surveillance video shows the victim about get in her SUV when done, as a man points a gun at her head, demands her keys and drives away. The gas station owner says this is a dozen carjackings at his business alone so far this year.

Louisiana AAA reports the statewide average price of regular gas is now $4.13. That’s 90-cents higher than a month ago. So, could they go up another 90-cents in the next month? Tulane Energy Institute’s Pierre Connor says that is possible…:

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Every $10 a barrel increase, translates to 25-cents a gallon at the pump for us.

In the week since Talk Louisiana host, Jim Engster spoke with former LSU basketball player Roman Rubchenko (roob-CHENK-oh) the Ukraine native says he’s now back at his country home outside of the capital of Kyiv, after traveling with other men to help women & children in their families evacuate safely…:

CUT 03(10)      “…that we can help.”

Rubchenko says he wants to see Vladimir Putin tried for war crimes.