As Mardi Gras season ramps up, crawfish prices are going down and expected to keep falling. Sean Richardson has more.
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A Bayou Blue man is accused of sexually assaulting several girls. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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Crawfish prices continue to decline as Mardi Gras approaches. Co-founder of the Crawfish App, Laney King, says the average price for live crawfish is now $4.10 per pound, while boiled crawfish costs $6.49 per pound. ..
King says there was not a decrease in prices at the crawfish docks, but more retailers are opening their doors in anticipation of the Lenten season, which is increasing the supply of mudbugs….
King says at this time last year, live crawfish were averaging $7.49 a pound, which is almost double to what we are paying this year. She says crawfish prices are are on track to be under three-dollars a pound during the heart of the season….
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A Bayou Blue man is accused of sex crimes, including first-degree rape, against several girls. Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Captain Brennan Matherne says they started investigating a single complaint by the Department of Children and Family Services against 60-year-old Herman Dupre (DOO-pree), and they found several additional victims.
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Captain Matherne says these assaults had been going on for quite some time.
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Matherne says Dupre is in the Lafourche Parish Correctional Complex, and his bond is set at 525-thousand dollars.
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Matherne says investigators believe there are additional victims. Anyone who may have come into contact with Dupre should contact the Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office.
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New Orleans Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick says the city is becoming safer.
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During a news conference at police headquarters, Kirkpatrick said all forms of crime are down, including violent crime.
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In 2022, when New Orleans was known as the murder capital of America, there were 265 murders. In 2023, that number dropped to 192; and last year, it dropped even further to 124. Kirkpatrick said the same downward trend is true for all other forms of crime.
Also in the last year, Kirkpatrick said auto theft dropped 50-percent.
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The Saints have reportedly hired former Chargers head coach Brandon Staley as the team’s defensive coordinator. Before he was the head coach of the Chargers, Staley was the defensive coordinator for the Rams in 2020 and NFL analyst Mike Detillier with W-W-L Radio says the Rams had one of the best defensives in the NFL that season…
Detillier says Staley was the head coach for the Chargers for three seasons from 2021 to 2023, leading L-A to one playoff appearance….
Last season Staley was an assistant head coach for the 49ers. Detillier says Staley is only 42-years-old, but has head coaching experience and that should help first-time head coach Kellen Moore, who is just 36-years-old…