One of the biggest shopping days of the year is here and many consumers will be purchasing toys. Most kids are interested in video games, but the toy guy, Chris Byrne, says there are a group of games that can help limit screen time for younger eyes….
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Byrne says the Harry Potter-themed Lego set will also be popular this year.

Tomorrow is Small Business Saturday, a celebration of local business that’s sandwiched in between Black Friday and Cyber Monday. State director of the National Federation of Independent Business, Dawn Starns says if you spend local, that money tends to stay local.
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And Starns says 83-percent of shoppers plan to do at least some portion of their holiday shopping season at a small independently owned retailer or restaurant.

This Thanksgiving weekend, many of us our thankful for crawfish and a new season is right around the corner. But LSU AgCenter Aquaculture specialist Greg Lutz says the white spot virus is a dark cloud over the industry. Lutz says all it takes is for one crawfish to get white spot syndrome and all of the mudbugs in a pond can get sick. He says for some producers it’s been a real issue…
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He says they need more research dollars in order to examine what’s causing white spot disease.

State Police say a 13-year-old was struck and killed by a suspected drunk driver in Calcasieu Parish on Thanksgiving morning. 13-year-old Kyrin Pete of Lake Charles was walking on the shoulder of the highway with two others when a vehicle driven by 33-year-old Jake Ryan Hebert of Lafayette hit him. Hebert has been charged with vehicular homicide and DWI.