Many people are spending Memorial Day in front of the grill cooking up steaks and hamburgers. According to data from the federal government, the average price for a pound of ground beef in March was $4.20, up almost 14-percent from 2014. LSU AgCenter Economist Ross Pruitt says it all comes down to how much beef is available…
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Beef production has been down over the past several years because of a drought in some of the leading beef-producing states.

For the fourth straight season, LSU is a national seed in the NCAA Baseball Tournament. The Tigers will take on Lehigh Friday afternoon as the host team of the Baton Rouge Regional, which also has Tulane as a 3-seed. UNC-Wilmington is the two-seed. The Ragin Cajuns are in the NCAA Tournament for a three-straight year and they’ll face second-seeded Rice in the Houston Regional.
Eleven-thousand American flags have been placed along Huey Long’s grave and the state capitol steps. Each flag represents a Louisiana solider who died in combat. The Blue Star Mothers of Louisiana, which is an organiziation of mothers who have children that served in the armed forces, are the ones who put the flags there. Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary, David LeCerte, says it’s a great way to honor those who paid the ultimate sacrifice…
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This is also Hurricane Preparedness Week. Chris Guilbeaux, with the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness says now is the time to stock up on a three to five day supply of water and food that won’t spoil. He says this Saturday and Sunday, there’s a sales tax holiday for hurricane preparation items…
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Forecasters are calling for a quiet hurricane season but Guilbeaux says we can’t let our guard down.