Central City News

Central High School senior Andrew Medine has applied to Congressman Garret Graves to attend the United States Naval Academy next fall.  Medine serves as Student Council president and co-captain of the Central High Football Team. He is a favorite around campus. In recognition of young Medine’s leadership ability and potential, we invited him to write […]

 Bishop B. A. Spell has completed 66 years in the ministry, beginning in Pine Prairie, LA, in 1953, then to Turkey Creek and Port Allen, before finally settling in North Baton Rouge and Central a little more than 50 years ago. On Tuesday, he was honored at Life Tabernacle Church on Hooper Road. Friends and […]

The City Council of Central honored Graydon Walker at its recent meeting for his long service. Former Mayor-President Tom Ed McHugh was on hand to honor his former CAO. The Council adopted the following resolution: WHEREAS, Mr. Graydon Walker has devoted most of his adult life to public service; and WHEREAS, On September 21, 1928, […]

Early voters are going to the polls in record numbers across the state this week as a preliminary to the Nov. 16 runoff.  A total of 162,368 voters cast ballots on Saturday, Nov. 2 and Monday, Nov. 4. This was far more than the 122,638 who voted in the first two days of early voting […]

Two opponents of creating the City of St. George have alleged Sheriff Sid Gautreaux has a sweetheart deal with the City of Central that allows the citizens of Central to receive law enforcement free of charge. The Baton Rouge Advocate featured the allegations in a lengthy front page story last Saturday. Mary Jane Marcantel and […]

Two statewide races will appear on the Nov. 16 election ballot. Besides governor, the other race is for Secretary of State. Republican incumbent Kyle Ardoin is facing the Democratic challenger Gwen Collins-Greenup. Ardoin led with 41 percent in the primary, followed by Collins-Greenup with 34 percent. Republican Thomas J. Kennedy followed with 19 percent. The Secretary of […]

GOP candidate Eddie Rispone is hoping for a large voter turnout in the City of Central in his quest to oust incumbent Gov. John Bel Edwards in the election on Saturday, Nov. 16. Central is one of several conservative voting areas in the state that Rispone needs to win big. Edwards is the only Democrat […]

Two races, which the Oct. 12 primary left unresolved, will appear on the ballot in Central in the election planned for Saturday, Nov. 16.  The first will fill a seat from District 6 on the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) currently held by Kathy Edmonson (R) of Ascension Parish. The other race […]

The Central City News, Capital City News, and Istrouma Journal have endorsed two additional candidates: Dr. Leah Cullins in House District 67 and Barbara Freiberg in House District 69. Editor Woody Jenkins said, “Both candidates are individuals of high integrity with much to offer.

The night of Saturday, Oct. 12 was a watershed moment for Republicans in East Baton Rouge Parish. They hold four of six parishwide offices, and a majority of the Metro Council and the parish school board, along with the city governments and school boards in Central and Zachary. But could they hold those offices through […]

Mr. Loren and Mrs. Mary Watts of Amite, LA, are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter Lauren Sibley to Quinton Myer, the son of Mr. Austin and Mrs. Edie Myer of Central, LA.  The couple are planning their wedding for April 2020.  Quinton and Lauren met at a coed softball game, their favorite […]

 Pass-A-Dozen Tamales will hold its 3rd Annual Tasting from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 6 at Ste G in Oak Point Plaza Wanda Pass will serve her famous Louisiana Mississippi Delta Tamales, shrimp and crab corn chowder, and seafood gumbo.  Her mother, Verdi, is known for serving broccoli hollandaise. Other featured items […]