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Crawford's Restaurant Has Been Frying Fish on Staring Lane Since 1984: Plates, Po-Boys and Party Trays to Know

Some Baton Rouge restaurants chase trends. Crawford's Restaurant has spent more than 40 years perfecting one thing: a basket of fried fish. The family-owned spot at 1980 Staring Lane opened in 1984, and the menu still revolves around what the kitchen simply calls Crawford's fish. Start with the fish. The...

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Grand jury indicts former Christian Academy teacher on charges involving four juveniles

A West Baton Rouge Parish grand jury has indicted former Christian Academy of Louisiana teacher Brandon Greely on five felony counts involving four juveniles. The school says Greely resigned in March 2023, about four months after a student's complaint.

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Judge sets trial dates for DA's lawsuit against East Baton Rouge Parish

BATON ROUGE — A Baton Rouge judge has set the trial dates for District Attorney Hillar Moore’s lawsuit against East Baton Rouge Parish, Mayor-President Sid Edwards and the Metro Council. Moore initially filed suit against the city-parish government in April for millions of dollars in an effort to...

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Jefferson Highway to have intermittent lane closures as crews finish construction

BATON ROUGE — The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development advised that Jefferson Highway will have intermittent eastbound and westbound lane closures from Drusilla Lane to Airline Highway beginning on Nov. 15. The closures come as crews work to install an asphalt wearing course on the remaining westbound lane...

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Collis Temple Jr. ordered to pay fine after alleged conflict of interest while on Bridge Center board

BATON ROUGE — Businessman Collis Temple Jr., the subject of several 2 On Your Side reports from Brittany Weiss, has been ordered to pay a $25,000 penalty by the Louisiana Board of Ethics. According to an Oct. 2 opinion from the ethics board, Temple allegedly used his role as...

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East Baton Rouge voters make new justice of the peace selections, who now serve parish-wide

Voters in East Baton Rouge have elected a fresh cohort of Justices of the Peace, and, for the first time, their jurisdiction is parish-wide. Of the six elected positions, four were decided Tuesday in the Nov. 3 midterm elections: Mark Miley of District 3 was the only justice of the peace elected outright. The other races — Districts 4, 5 & 6 — are all heading to runoffs.

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The Dough House on Airline Highway: Scratch-Made Kolaches, Breakfast Tacos and Party Trays Every Morning

Early shift on the Airline Highway side of town? The Dough House opens at 6 a.m. every day, and its dough is made from scratch each morning for a lineup of sweet and savory kolaches, breakfast tacos, cinnamon rolls and more. The shop opened in summer 2021 as the Airline location of The Kolache Kitchen and took the name The Dough House in November 2024.

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The Six Pack: Picks for Miami vs. Notre Dame, Alabama vs. LSU and Tom Fornelli's Week 10 lock

Trust The Process in a Week 10 full of monster matchups

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Claiborne, Capitol Elementary Schools Celebrate Student Reading Gains Through Tutoring Program

Claiborne and Capitol elementary schools have proudly earned recognition as two of the top 10 schools nationwide for their remarkable student achievement growth, thanks to the innovative Teach For America Ignite tutoring model. On Nov. 4, Claiborne hosted an Ignite Fellowship celebration to show visitors firsthand how students are making...

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St. Vincent de Paul hosts Neighbors Helping Neighbors food drive

St. Vincent de Paul of Baton Rouge will host its second annual Neighbors Helping Neighbors Drive-Thru Food Drive on Saturday, Nov. 7, to collect donations for local families facing food insecurity.

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City of Port Allen announces planned power outage for Sunday night

PORT ALLEN — The city of Port Allen announced a planned power outage that will extend from Sunday night into Monday morning. The outage, being done so Entergy can perform a circuit upgrade, will take place from 10 p.m. on Sunday to 4 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 9. The...

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Meet the Baton Rouge head of one of Louisiana’s largest law firms

In 2000, a stock market bubble from online commerce began to burst not long before corporate attorney Ted Jones began his career in San Francisco. Louisiana is starkly different from where he began his career, he said, since most businesses in the Pelican State are small and family-owned and use traditional lines of credit to finance their company. On the other hand, Silicon Valley is the heart of the venture capital industry, where startups look to scale.

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$15 Sandwiches, $10 Daily Plates and a Late Kitchen: Danny's Dive Bar on Third Street

Third Street has no shortage of places to grab a drink, but few of them keep the fryer going past midnight on a weekend. Danny's Dive Bar & Grill, at 151 3rd St. in downtown Baton Rouge, keeps its menu simple: almost everything costs the same. One Price, Most of...

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Zippy's on Perkins Road: Named Tacos, Two Burrito Sizes and a Kitchen Open Until 3 a.m. on Weekends

Reading the taco list at Zippy's is half the fun. There's the Pork-ins Overpass, a nod to the neighborhood. There's Love Shaq U, Shrimpin' Ain't Easy and the Bad Mother Clucker. Every one of them is $5.45, and you can build your own if none of the names call to you.

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Baton Rouge’s Flower Fest develops new role and names its first chairperson. See who.

Flower Fest, a Baton Rouge nonprofit that raises money for St. Jude, has named its chair for the 2027 event. Allison Dumas will be the first person to handle this role within the organization. “Since the creation of the Flower Fest, the primary direction has fallen upon a small core...

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Car booted downtown after parking payment mix-up

BATON ROUGE - A couple's night out with their granddaughter and friends took an unexpected turn last Friday night when their car was booted, despite having proof they'd paid for parking. Denise and Shane Laiche said they used a downtown parking lot on River Road at Convention Street while attending...

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Alabama QB Keelon Russell Gives LSU a Different Challenge Than Expected

Alabama QB Keelon Russell has thrown for 2,057 yards and 15 touchdowns. Here's the challenge he presents for LSU football and how the Tigers can contain him.

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East Baton Rouge's 2027 budget proposal grows by $20M as DA, parish clash over funding

BATON ROUGE — Mayor-President Sid Edwards introduced East Baton Rouge Parish's proposed $1.176 billion operating budget for 2027 during a special Metro Council meeting Thursday. Unlike the 2026 budget, which saw reductions of roughly $15 million, the 2027 plan increases spending by about $20 million. "We're not planning on...

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LSU President Wade Rousse Tells Fans Not To Be To Rowdy Ahead Of Crucial Game Against Alabama

It’s no secret that the LSU Tigers have one of the most passionate fan bases in all of college football, and that Tiger Stadium in Death Valley is one of the most difficult places for opponents to play. That will undoubtedly be the case this weekend when the Tigers host rival Alabama in a game that […] The post LSU President Wade Rousse Tells Fans Not To Be To Rowdy Ahead Of Crucial Game Against Alabama appeared first on BroBible.