Central City News

I’ve been studying the Parish Road Plan to be voted on Dec. 8 for the last couple of weeks and worked out the numbers. The infrastructure improvements planned for the City of Central amount to $88 million. That includes $50 million to four-lane Hooper Road from Blackwater to Sullivan and $38 million to four-lane Wax […]

Central babies and young children from six months to six years are learning to survive in the water even if they are somehow alone in an extreme emergency. It’s thanks to a course taught by Dari Stockton at Central Physical Therapy, 13111 Hooper Rd. Dari is a certified instructor for a national program, Infant Swimming […]

Dr. John Thomas Roshto has purchased Central Oaks Dental from Dr. David Prudhomme and is accepting new patients. Dr. Rosto is a native of Central. He graduated from Central Private School before moving on to LSU Baton Rouge where he met his wife, Sarah, and graduated with a bachelors of science degree. He then pursued […]

Central High principal Brandon LaGroue crowned Taliyah Joseph as the Wildcats’ 2018 Homecoming Queen during half-time ceremonies at the Belaire-Central game last Friday night. Last year’s Homecoming Queen, Katie McCaskill, presented roses to the new Queen. Katie is a freshman at Southeastern, majoring in social work. She also works in her church nursery and at […]

Lane Regional Medical Center and Mary Bird Perkins – Our Lady of the Lake Cancer Center announced today a new partnership to provide enhanced care to Zachary-area patients requiring medical oncology services. The new partnership, effective September 4, includes medical oncology office visits and infusion therapy services, along with a host of other oncology support […]

Eight years ago, a group of concerned citizens approached Jim Lloyd, president of Cornerstone Commerical Flooring, and asked him to consider running for the Central Community School Board. Lloyd answered the call and with the help of his No. 1 booster, his wife Gail, he was elected handily! For the past eight years, Jim Lloyd […]

After a raucous election campaign filled with charges and countercharges, voters in the City of Central went to the polls on Tuesday, Nov. 6 and defeated all incumbents on the ballot — Mayor Jr. Shelton, Police Chief James Salsbury, Mayor Pro-Tem Kim Fralick, and Council members Shane Evans, Wayne Messina, and John Vance. Council member […]

Under Louisiana law, if the Mayor of a city resigns, dies or is convicted of a felony, he is removed from office and succeeded by the Mayor Pro-Tem of the city. Mayor candidate David Barrow was arrested in April 2017 in connection with a forged signature on a city contract. District Attorney Hillar Moore told […]

The controversial editor who is running for City Council in District 3 Nov. 6 has more than good government in mind when he attacks candidates running for the City Council in other districts, several Council candidates said this week. Dave Freneaux, editor of Central Speaks, is backing a slate of candidates for the City Council […]

If Central Mayor Jr. Shelton is reelected but Council candidate and Central Speaks editor Dave Freneaux is successful in electing a majority of the City Council, city government could be in gridlock for the next four years. At least that is the assessment of Mayor Shelton and several candidates running for City Council in the […]

The Republican Party of East Baton Rouge Parish has endorsed Central Mayor Jr. Shelton for reelection in the Nov. 6 election. The announcement came from Sen. Dan Claitor, Endorsement Chairman for the Nov. 6 election. Claitor said Shelton has distinguished himself by his unblemished record of honesty and integrity and his refusal to raise taxes. […]

I am writing this in my capacity as State Chairman for Donald Trump and Chairman of the Republican Party of East Baton Rouge Parish. The publication Central Speaks has written some very misleading things about Kim Powers, a Republican candidate for Central City Council at-Large. Even though the owner Dave Freneaux had the correct information […]

The Republican Party of East Baton Rouge Parish has released copies of candidate questionnaires returned by candidates for Mayor of the City of Central. Candidates’ answers are considered by the East Baton Rouge Republican Parish Executive Committee in making its endorsements. Completing the party’s questionnaire is a prerequisite to being endorsed in contested races. Sen. […]