If you’re planning a crawfish boil for this Easter weekend, plan to spend 50 cents a pound more than last week as demand picks up. Crawfish App co-founder Laney King keeps track of prices…
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Laney says Crawfish prices are almost double what they were last Easter.

The LSU Lady Tigers get a practice in today in Albany, New York a head of tomorrow’s NCAA Women’s Basketball Sweet 16 matchup against UCLA. The Bruins are led by six-foot-seven, Lauren Betts, who averages 15 points and nine rebounds a game. UCLA coach Cori Close says Betts is a matchup problem…
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Tip off is at noon on Saturday.

Easter baskets are being filled this weekend and in Louisiana, that means Ponchatoula-based Elmer’s Candy. Elmer’s CEO, Rob Nelson says there’s a big rush this week for their gold brick eggs, heavenly hash and pecan egg…
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Nelson says this year they brought back the strawberry heavenly hash after hearing from their customers.

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries says it captured a 92-pound Grass Carp while conducting routine sampling in Lake Concordia in Ferriday. If it were caught during a fishing competition it would have gone down in the record brooks. LDWF biologist Shelby Richard says this is the first time they’ve ever seen a Grass Carp in Lake Concordia…
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Grass Carp are native to Asia and are used to control aquatic vegetation.