Central City News

By 3:30 p.m. Saturday, every living soul in Central will be at the Superdome in New Orleans for the State Championship game between the Central Wildcats and the Ruston Bearcats. “Will the last person who leaves town please turn out the lights?” Central’s Annual Christmas Parade has been moved up to 9 a.m. in order […]

Former Central High head football Coach Sid Edwards scored an historic victory off the playing field Saturday night, when he was elected Mayor-President of East Baton Rouge Parish, defeating an eight-year incumbent. Surprised Experts. Coach Sid surprised the political “experts” and defied the common wisdom to become the third Republican Mayor-President in parish history. 88 […]

Central Intermediate School 4th grade teacher Ashley Davis received the “Oscar of Teaching” in a surprise ceremony Dec. 4 at Central School Complex on Sullivan Road in Central.  Davis received the Milken Educator Award along with $25,000.  She was the 3,000th recipient of the award and the 51st teacher from Louisiana to receive the honor.  […]

Ken Bush, a resident of Central, passed away on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024, at the age of 68. He was born in Pensacola, Florida on Feb. 9, 1956, to Edward “Billy” and Addie Ruth Beasley Bush. Ken completed his master’s degree in business at LSU and worked in industrial sales. Ken also served as the […]

Political pundits talk about a “turnout election,” meaning an election which is close and where the energy and commitment of one candidate’s supporters is great enough to swing the election his way. Of course, every election is about who goes to the polls, but a “turnout election” places the outcome squarely in the hands of […]

Sharon Broome brags about the job she has done as Mayor-President. In the Mayor’s view, Baton Rouge is doing great, but here is the reality about Sharon Broome’s Baton Rouge: •Murder Capital of America. The 36 murders in the 1st Quarter of 2024 were the highest in Baton Rouge history and put the city  on […]

By the time of qualifying in July 2024, the Baton Rouge moneyed establishment and the local media decided that former Rep. Ted James was the leading candidate for Mayor-President. The establishment produced $1.1 million for James’ campaign. Even after a strong Republican candidate in the form of Coach Sid Edwards entered the race on the […]

By Woody Jenkins, Editor Central City News Over her nearly eight years as Mayor-President, Sharon Broome has had a strained relationship with Baton Rouge police officers, which has repeatedly surfaced into public view. The police have four major grievances against Broome: •The Mayor-President hasn’t had their back and is always ready to throw them under […]

By Michael Lunsford, Citizens for a New Louisiana This is the “tax reform” special session. It includes a second bite at the recent failed attempt to call a constitutional convention. Readers might remember the 2024 regular session when Louisiana’s freshly-minted Congressman-elect Cleo Fields refused to take the matter up in the Senate and Governmental Affairs […]

By Woody Jenkins, Editor Central City News If there was one thing Coach Sid Edwards and former Rep. Ted James agreed on in the run up to the Nov. 5 election, it was that the City of Baton Rouge needed more police officers and better pay in order to attract and keep the best possible […]