Central City News

BATON ROUGE — Cynthia Ann D’Antoni of Baton Rouge and Kevin Matthew Batts of New Orleans were married in a 5 p.m. ceremony March 20, 2011, at Louisiana’s Old State Capitol by the Rev. Malcolm Lachney. The bride is the daughter of George and Verlane D’Antoni of Greenwell Springs.  The bridegroom is the son of […]

PENSACOLA BEACH — Amy Elizabeth Phillips of Central and Michael Brandon Gallant of Denham Springs were married in a sunset ceremony April 2, 2011, in Pensacola Beach, Fla. The bride is the daughter of Glenda and Mike Phillips of Central and Julie and Wade Templet of Gonzales.  Amy is the granddaughter of Gloria and Pat […]

CENTRAL — Melissa René Pourciau and Brandon Joe Durr, both of Central, will marry on Saturday, June 18, 2011. The bride-elect is the daughter of Jeffre and Kathy Pourciau of Central.  She is the granddaughter of Dr. Richard and Patricia Pourciau of Baton Rouge and the late Edward and Bonnie Mahl of Bedrico. Melissa is […]

CENTREVILLE — Mr. and Mrs. Colville Cameron Jackson, III of Gloster, Miss.  announce the engagement of their daughter, Ballard Taylor, to Joshua Kyle Mann, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Kyle Mann of Central. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fredrick Aden Ballard of Leland, Miss. and the late Dora Harris Jackson […]

CENTRAL — Events coming up in and around Central:   Friday, May 27 Spaghetti Dinner 5 to 6:30 p.m. A spaghetti dinner will be held at Central Academy & Child Care to benefit one of the teachers who had to have emergency surgery.   Saturday, May 28 Library Book Sale 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. […]

CENTRAL — Central High School will hold the Coach Doug Dotson Youth Football Camp from 6 to 8 p.m. June 13 to 15.  Guest coach will be NFL star Todd McClure.  Ages are seven years through incoming freshmen.  The cost is $20. Register online at www.CentralYouthFootball.com.  

CENTRAL — Central High School graduated 262 seniors in ceremonies Monday night at Bethany World Prayer Center in Baker. Central schoosl Supt. Mike Faulk celebrated the fact that this senior class is the first to go all the way through high school since the Central Community School System was created on July 1, 2007. The […]

Photo: David Ratcliff of IBTS CENTRAL — The Institute for Building Technology & Safety (IBTS) has won the City of Central’s City Services contract, the Mayor’s Committee on City Services decided at a meeting Tuesday night. CH2MHILL, the $6 billion international corporation based in Denver, Colorado, which has provided City Services since 2008, was expected […]

CENTRAL — CH2MHILL’s efforts to keep the master privatization agreement for the City of Central ran into problems Monday night when Mayor Mac Watts’ Committee on City Services balked at allowing the firm to lower its bid by $1.7 million. When proposals were opened last Wednesday, the low bidder for the five-year contract was IBTS […]

BAKER — One year ago, Bethany World Prayer Center in Baker was packed for the 2010 Central High School graduation ceremonies.  Now you can see exclusive, never-before-published photos of that event here at www.centralcitynews.us. At the ceremonies, 236 graduates walked across the stage to the applause of 4,000 people who packed the sanctuary.  The valedictorian […]