Twenty-one individuals in Shreveport and Bossier City are under indictment in a federal bank fraud case. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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Crawfish prices have dropped another 50-cents and with an average price of live mudbugs at $2.99 a pound, this could be the lowest prices of the season. Brooke Thorington has more.
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The Saints need offensive linemen and the Black and Gold believe they got a starter for years to come. With the 14th pick in the first round of the NFL draft, New Orleans selected Oregon State offensive tackle Taliese Fuaga (Tall-ee-s-a Foo-ah-gah). Coach Dennis Allen says it’s not every time that a team’s need matches the best player available
Fuaga (Foo-ah-gah) is expected to get an opportunity to start at right tackle, especially if Ryan Ramczyk is not able to play because of right knee. Allen says Fuaga caught their eye at the NFL draft scouting combine…
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Three LSU Tigers were selected in the first round of the NFL draft and the next Tiger that could be chosen is defensive tackle Maason Smith from Houma. W-W-L radio draft expert Mike Detillier says Smith had a disappointing season last year, but he has a lot of potential…
In the first round, Washington selected Jayden Daniels, the Giants picked Malik Nabers and Jacksonville drafted Brian Thomas Junior.
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With 38 years under their belt, Festival International is still going strong. President of the Lafayette Convention and Visitors Commission, Ben Berthelot says the event is a great way to draw tourists from across the globe to the city for the first time.
Berthelot says that the five-day event is not only the largest international music festival in the world but it’s also free.
The event attracts more than 300,000 visitors from 42 different states and 10 different countries to Acadiana.
Berthelot says Festival International is a great way to celebrate the state’s French heritage and it was created in 1986 when the oil and gas industry was suffering.
Berthelot says the festival is a great opportunity to hear music from all over in downtown Lafayette.
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Twenty-one people from Shreveport and Bossier City face federal bank fraud charges for allegedly stealing nearly seven million dollars from U-S-A-A customers. U-S Attorney Brandon Brown says several employees at the Teleperformance Call Center in Shreveport obtained account information and shared it with others..
Brown says many military service members and elderly residents who did banking with U-S-A-A and did not check their accounts regularly had money taken from their account in 2021 and 2022…
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Brown says the stolen bank information was used to issue counterfeit checks and others were recruited to deposit checks into their bank accounts in exchange for money…
Most of the people indicted in this case are in their 20s.
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In addition to Louisiana hosting two world-renowned festivals this weekend, crawfish prices have dropped to new lows. Crawfish App co-founder Laney King says the average price for a pound of live mudbugs in the Bayou State is $2.99.
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The average price for boiled crawfish is $5.29 a pound.
Since the Crawfish App was created eight years ago, King says this season, by far, has been the most unusual due to the severe drought last August.
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With prices down another 50-cents this week, King says it’s all about supply and demand, so you don’t want to miss the opportunity for what appears to be the lowest prices of the 2024 mudbug season.
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In addition to Louisiana, The Crawfish App also surveys the average prices in Texas, Mississippi, Alabama, and the Florida panhandle.
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