Central City News

By next year, law enforcement officers on their way to a crime scene in East Baton Rouge Parish could be much better prepared for whatever awaits them. Baton Rouge Police Chief Murphy Paul says an officer typically has only two to three minutes from the time he is dispatched until he reaches the call. Too […]

Controversy has been swirling around the chairman of the Louisiana Democratic Party as a result of her call for the repeal of the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. For advocates of the right to keep and bear, nothing could be more controversial. The Democratic official, Sen. Karen Carter Peterson, is not only state party […]

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 […]

Wayne Messina is running for his third term on the Central City Council, seeking one of your votes for the two at-Large seats. Messina, who served 47 years as a teacher, coach, principal, and administrator in public schools, said his time as an educator was devoted to serving the public. “Being on the Council is […]

Charles Habig issued the following statement in connection with his candidacy for Central City Council from District 1: First and foremost, I am very excited and proud to announce my candidacy for the City of Central City Council District 1. I have been a resident of Central City, Louisiana for 19 years and have recently […]

My response to the drainage question is as follows: We must first analyze and fund our drainage master plan. We need to consider on-site mitigation of all future developments so we don’t bring in large amounts of fill from elsewhere in the flood-plain and impact surrounding properties. We must budget for cleaning and maintenance of […]

At the Lily Bayou Control Structure Wednesday, Congressman Garret Graves was doing what he does best — speaking passionately about a cause he believes in, in this case the Comite Diversion Canal. The scene was surreal. The day was blistering hot. The massive Lily Bayou structure, reminisent of the Panama Canal, sat there as it […]

Congressman Garret Graves, fresh off an historic victory in Washington, where he helped gain funding for the remainder of the work on the Comite Diversion Canal, visited the canal Wednesday. The project, which has lanquished for 30 years until Graves’ breakthrough, seemed to come alive as the second-term Congressman described the scene at the Lily […]

More than 400 teachers, administrators, and school employees gathered on Monday, Aug. 6 for the Central Community School System’s 12th Annual Back to School Convocation. This year’s event was held at Greenwell Springs Baptist and was broadcast live by the Central City News on Facebook. The event, which was chaired by Supt. Jason Fountain, was […]

Candidates qualified last week to run in the City of Central’s municipal elections Nov. 6. As a courtesy to Central candidates, East Baton Rouge Parish Clerk of Court Doug Welborn and his staff set up shop at Central City Hall last Wednesday to assist candidates and receive qualifying papers. By the close of qualifying on […]

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 […]