Central City News

On Monday night, Jackie Jenkins was honored as Central’s middle school teacher of the year. Now the Louisiana Department of Education has announced that Mrs. Jenkins is a finalist to be named Louisiana’s Teacher of the Year in ceremonies July 12 in Baton Rouge. The Central school board commended Mrs. Jenkins, saying she “delivers the […]

The Sixth Annual Festival of Two Rivers will begin Friday, May 2 at St. Alphonsus Catholic Church on Greenwell Springs Road. The event, which attracts thousands of visitors from throughout the Baton Rouge area, includes three days of food, entertainment, and rides.  For the first time this year, it also includes a 5K run and […]

Voters in the City of Central voted against a proposed $227 million BREC property tax renewal 3,146 to 2,839.  Nevertheless, it passed parishwide.  

The Central Community School System is launching a newspaper, called The Central Wildcat, to help improve communications among parents, students, teachers, administrators, and the Central community.  It will be published 10 months a year from August to May, beginning May 15 of this school year.  The Central Wildcat will cover Central High, Central Middle, Central […]

Mayor-elect Jr. Shelton Monday announced the appointment of a transi-tion team equally divided between citizens who supported him and those who opposed him in the election April 5. Shelton said in an interview with the Central City News that he is calling the group, the Central First team.  “We’re excited about working together to make […]

Morris and Linda Summers celebrated their 50th anniversary on March 29 at the Oak Lodge Reception Center in Baton Rouge. One hundred friends and family members joined the reception in their honor. The Summers were married on March 27,1964, at the First Baptist Church in Baker, La. Morris grew up in Central, and the couple […]

In the 1850’s my 4th great grandfather, Maglorie “Mac” Bourke, brought his family of 10 to live here in Central. Mac was a carpenter born in West Baton Rouge and the son of Acadian immigrant Joseph F. Bourke or Bourg. He helped his neighbor Daniel Boone Morgan build the old Morgan house which was located […]

Mayor-elect Jr. Shelton made one of the most importtant stops of the transition Monday when he visited the Central Municipal Services Center, which is run by a non-profit corporation, IBTS, that administers the City of Central. The City of Central is unique in Louisiana because it is completely privatized.  The entire city government  is run […]

– Last Tuesday, it was Central Day at the Ronald Reagan Newsmaker Luncheon as all of Central’s newly-elected city officials came to speak to the Baton Rouge media, many of whom attended the event. For most of the officials, it was their first opportunity to speak to the press.  After the meeting, stories about Central […]

For Central voters, the process of electing a new city government is not over yet. Councilman Ralph Washington missed getting a majority by about 50 votes.  So a runoff election will be held on Saturday, May 3 between Washington and the next vote-getter, Jason Ellis. Early voting will begin this Saturday, April 19 and continue through Saturday, April […]