Central City News

By Woody Jenkins, Editor Central City News On October 15, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on a suit challenging the racially-gerrymandered Congressional district which gave Cleo Fields a seat in Congress and eliminated the only Congressional seat centered in Baton Rouge.   The case, Callais v. Secretary of State Nancy Landry, has […]

Central Intermediate School 4th grade teacher Ashley Davis received the “Oscar of Teaching” in a surprise ceremony Dec. 4 at Central School Complex on Sullivan Road in Central.  Davis received the Milken Educator Award along with $25,000.  She was the 3,000th recipient of the award and the 51st teacher from Louisiana to receive the honor.  […]

REGISTER NOW — 3rd ANNUAL HEALTH FREEDOM DAY — FEATURING WORLD RENOWNED PHYSICIAN DR. PETER McCULLOUGH — 11 a.m.-3 p.m. FRIDAY, APRIL 19 — Come to Louisiana Health Freedom Day at Revolution Square, 9500 Blackwater Road in Central LA 70818. REGISTER at https://tinyurl.com/yz8yv8cr. Early bird: $40 per person. Starting April 12: $60 per person. Includes […]

NOTE: The current Louisiana Constitution was written by a state constitutional convention, which was called by the Louisiana Legislature in the spring of 1972. The process began years earlier as political leaders, citizens, and the media debated the need for a new constitution. In 1971, both gubernatorial candidates, Edwin Edwards and his opponent J. Bennett […]

More than 5,000 young people from all 50 states will arrive in Central for the 4th Annual Revolution: America’s National Youth Conference June 28-July 2.  It is one of the largest events for Christian youth in the United States this summer. “Revolution” was born out of the need for young people to gather during the […]

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MEET DR. PETER McCULLOUGH AT LOUISIANA HEALTH FREEDOM DAY on Friday, April 21 at beautiful Revolution Square, 9500 Blackwater Road, Central, LA. World reknowned Dr. McCullough, who led the fight for early treatment during the pandemic, will participate in a Reception from 10 to 11 a.m. The program begins at 11 a.m. with Dr. Rhett […]

Friday the 13th of March 2020 was the day Gov. John Bel Edwards declared an emergency and began to rule by decree. One of his first acts was ordering churches to close.  At the same time, he kept the big box stores, liquor stores, and abortion clinics open. Gov. Edwards ran into immediate opposition from Pastor Tony Spell of […]

Workers returned to Sullivan Road two weeks ago, but don’t get excited.  They are only there to clean up and move out.    The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development is in the process of parting ways with Boone Services on the Sullivan Road widening project from Wax Road to Hooper Road after four years […]

Attorney General Jeff Landry has won a major victory in the fight against mandatory vaccinations, and that victory is having an impact nationwide.   On Friday, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, acting on orders from President Joe Biden, issued rules purporting to require employers of 100 or more employees to take a Covid vaccination […]