Central City News

As of Nov. 3, debris removal crews had picked up nearly 50,000 cubic yards of tree debris from Hurricane Ida on the first pass of streets in Central. This amount is considerably higher than the estimated 25,000 cubic yards originally anticipated.  Debris removal crews will begin making a final pass down every local street again to […]

Most of you have noticed that the road work on Sullivan Road has stopped, and workers have basically disappeared. All of this relates to the installation of sewer lines along the east side of Sullivan Road between Hooper and Wax Roads.  This utility relocation project was let back in April of 2017 by the Louisiana […]

 I’m remembering my dad, Louis (Little Ory) Jenkins. If he were still alive, he would be 112 years old. He was born in Folsom, LA, on May 25, 1909. He grew up in Ponchatoula, where he was a star football player for Ponchatoula High School (Class of 1930) and the star shortstop for the Ponchatoula […]

Three bridges on major roadways in Central were recently repaired by the City-Parish after inspections by DOTD showed deficiencies. All of these bridges are timber/creosote bridges with concrete spans built nearly 50 years ago. The Frenchtown Road bridge over Draughn Creek was closed  July 23 and was reopened Oct. 15. Five major pilings and caps […]

Monthly sales tax collections for the City of Central amounted to $590,967.12 for August 2021. This represents a 5.95 percent increase compared to August 2020 and marks the 18th month in a row of sales tax growth compared year-to-year. Motor vehicles sales taxes on vehicle purchases for the month of August 2021 were $121,700.70. This […]

 Through the City of Central’s administrative hearing process, Sammy’s Properties, LLC was issued an order to cut the grass and maintain the property at 14800 Wax Rd. After failing to do so, the City of Central was authorized to enter the property and abate the code violations. Sammy’s Properties, LLC was issued a fine of […]

The Central Community School Board has voted unanimously to accept $6.1 million in federal funds under the so-called ESSER program (Elementary & Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund). In order to receive the funds, a local school board must show the efforts if any it is making toward “universal masking.”  The Central School Board points out […]

The Central School Board continues to require students in the Central school system to wear masks throughout the eight-hour school day despite a mountain of reasons not to:  •Masks inhibit breathing and communication. •Students are not vulnerable to Covid. Only 16 students in Louisiana out of 700,000 school children have died of Covid and almost […]

The Republican Party of Louisiana will focus its efforts in 2022 on electing new school board members across the state, according to State GOP chairman Louis Gurvich. The party plans to field at least 200 candidates in more than 700 school board races.  The focus will be replacing members, regardless of party, who support mandatory […]

Here are our recommendations on the Constitutional Amendments on the election ballot statewide in Louisiana on Saturday, November 13. CONSTITUTIONAL  AMENDMENTS Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021 No. 1 — Centralized Sales Tax Collection Statewide — All sales taxes would be collected by the State of Louisiana instead of by each parish. It sounds good, but something […]