Get ready to have a “shell of a time” in March as the eighth annual Big TX Fun Crawfish Boil Festival is returning this week.

LAFAYETTE PARISH — The Boys & Girls Clubs of Acadiana is bringing the community together for a one-of-a-kind community raffle: Crawfish Crawl, presented by Gulf Coast Bank and Giles Gives Back.

Crawfish season is gearing up, and after plentiful precipitation in the fall, farmers along the Louisiana and Texas coastal regions are forecasting a “normal” or good season. The majority of ...