Central City News

 Central voters face an important election Nov. 3 that will decide whether a Democrat or Republican will replace Sen. Bill Cassidy in the United States Senate. The vote could have national consequences because control of the Senate is hanging by a vote or two. Republican Julia Letlow has pledged to support President Trump while the […]

The Louisiana Republican Party and the Republican Party of East Baton Rouge Parish have made the following endorsements on the ballot in Central: •U.S. Senate – Republican voters nominated Julia Letlow. • Congress-6 – Monique Appean- ing (EBR-GOP), Blake Miguez (LA-GOP), Rick Edmonds (both) •Mayor of Central – Lon Vicknair (LA-GOP) • District Judge (Div. […]

Twenty pastors from across Central gathered to fellowship with Mayoral candidate Lon Vicknair and to pray that the Lord would give him and his family good health and wisdom as he embarked on his campaign. The event was organized by former Rep. Tony Perkins, who is himself an ordained minister. Vicknair is Catholic but the […]

Saturday, October 31, 2026, is the anniversary of the most celebrated game in the annuls of LSU football.  Today, only five percent of Louisianians are old enough to remember a football game played in 1959. Statistically, of the 64,000 people in Tiger Stadium for the game, fewer than 4,000 are alive today. It was Halloween […]

Rarely does a community have the opportunity to elect a Mayor who brings so much to the table as Lon Vicknair. A graduate of Central High School, a retired Navy officer with 20 years’ experience in some of the most dangerous and difficult places in the world, a successful businessman, the former Chief of Staff […]

For years, the readers of the Central City News have learned about problems in the East Baton Rouge Parish Family Court. Now there’s a chance to do something about those problems! There are two outstanding candidates running for two separate seats on the Family Court: •Judge Caulette “Twin” Guillard is the new Family Court judge […]

What do the Roman Colosseum, LSU Tiger Stadium, and the Senate election of June 27, 2026 have to do with one another? A lot! Think of the Roman Colosseum — not as history but as a mirror. The Roman Colosseum was completed in 80 AD. It seated up to 80,000 spectators.  For 400 years, it was […]

All 15 District Court judgeships in the 19th Judicial District (East Baton Rouge Parish) are up for election Nov. 3. Because of mandatory retirements and a new reapportionment plan, the district court is likely to have a more conservative tilt.   The current court has 10 judges who come from majority black districts and five […]

Four Baton Rouge area attorneys are vying for two seats on the East Baton Rouge Parish Family Court in the election Tuesday, Nov. 3. In Division A, incumbent Family Court Judge Caulette “Twin” Guillard is being challenged by Baton Rouge attorney Joseph Cataldie.   The election will be a rematch of the May 16 special […]

From the earliest days of the pandemic, the executive branch fostered an adversarial atmosphere,  framing the public response as a battle between compliance and defiance.  Rather than empowering Louisianans to take responsibility for their own health, the administration promoted an exclusionary narrative—branding skeptics and dissenters as enemies of the common good. Governor Edwards himself reinforced […]