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The Newton County Library System began in 1916 as a public library service offered by the Covington Womans Club and housed in their own building. [5] This is the only known library in the county during this time until 1944, when plans were made for an official public library to be used by the town.
About 70%–80% of crayfish produced in Louisiana are Procambarus clarkii (red swamp crawfish), with the remaining 20%–30% being Procambarus zonangulus (white river crawfish). [12] Despite the large-scale production in Louisiana, most frozen crayfish available in supermarkets in other states are Chinese imports.
In 1990, Louisiana produced 90% of the crawfish in the world and consumed 70% of it locally, [13] but by 2003, Asian farms and fisheries produced more, outpacing American production rapidly. By 2018, P. clarkii crawfish production in the Americas represented just 4% of total global P. clarkii supply. [14]
Procambarus clarkii, known variously as the red swamp crayfish, Louisiana crawfish or mudbug, [3] is a species of cambarid crayfish native to freshwater bodies of northern Mexico, and southern and southeastern United States, but also introduced elsewhere (both in North America and other continents), where it is often an invasive pest.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A massive winter storm moving across the United States will not keep the U.S. Congress from meeting on Monday to formally certify Republican Donald Trump's election as ...
BOSTON – Two people were arrested Saturday night in Boston for what police describe as a "hazardous drone operation." Robert Duffy, 42, of Charlestown, and 32-year-old Jeremy Folcik of ...
In the 20th century, the Coushatta people in Louisiana began cultivating rice and crawfish on tribally owned farms on the reservation, where most of the current population resides. An estimated 200 people of the tribe still speak the Coushatta language. In the early 21st century, fewer young people are learning it, so the tribe is working on ...
The mother of American journalist Austin Tice, who was taken captive during a reporting trip to Syria in August 2012, voiced hope that upheaval in Syria would lead to freedom for her son.. Debra ...