Central City News

 Dr. Ben Black, a 2009 graduate of Central High School, where he was a star football player, a star in “Beauty and the Beast,” and named Most Talented member of the senior class, has graduated from Palmer Chiropractic College in Daytona Beach, FL, and returned to Central to open his office for the practice of […]

Cooking in Central, the Official Festival of the City of Central, will hold its Premier Spring Event on Friday, March 27. This year’s festival will feature entertainment by The Molly Ringwalds, along with a Seafood Extravaganza. Gates open at The Amazing Place, 10305 Blackwater Road, at 4 p.m. The entry fee is $5 per person […]

 Dr. Tony LoBue has greatly expanded his veterinary practice with the opening a new state-of-the-art luxury pet boarding facility and day care center. Located behind Crossroads Animal Hospital, the new facility is a separate building, which provides some rather impressive services. Kennels and pet boarding facilities are notorious for their odor, but a tour of […]

Jack Hood opened Jack Hood Jewelers on Florida Boulevard nearly 40 years and developed a thriving business based not so much on selling jewelry but on designing and creating unique, world class jewelry unsurpassed in the Baton Rouge market. Nearly 90 percent of all jewelry sold in the world is manufactured in China, India, Europe, […]

Central High Student Council president and football star Andrew Medine has been nominated for the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis by Congressman Garret Graves. Medine applied in November. His application now goes to the Naval Academy admissions board. Members of Congress may nominate candidates for the Naval Academy, the U.S. Military Academy, the Air […]

 On April 4, voters in the northern part of East Baton Rouge Parish will go to the polls in a special election to choose a replacement for District Judge Beau Higginbotham. The person chosen will serve only a few months, because the seat will be filled for a full six-year term in the election on […]

Sen. Bodi White (R-Central), who was sworn in Monday for his third term in the Louisiana Senate, will be appointed chairman of the powerful Senate Finance Committee by newly-elected Senate President Page Cortez (R-Lafayette). Although White has long been an influential member of the upper body, this will be his first senior leadership position.   […]

On election night, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2019, Louisiana voters went to bed after learning Republicans had won huge majorities in the Louisiana Senate and House of Representatives. Final returns showed the new Senate would have 27 Republicans and 12 Democrats, while the House would have 68 Republicans, 35 Democrats, and two with no party affiliation. […]

A stroll through the Capitol on Inauguration Day this past Monday brought back memories, some from long ago. The State Capitol has been something of a second home for me for the past 56 years. Not only the 28 years I represented Baton Rouge in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1972 to 2000 but […]

The Central High School Varsity Cheerleaders have successfully launched their competition season by winning a 2019 Louisiana High School State Spirit Championship.  In addition to cheering for the Central High School basketball programs, they are preparing for a return to the National High School Cheerleading Championship (NHSCC) Feb. 7-9 in Orlando to defend their back-to-back […]