Central City News

Catholic High School senior Jackson Whitlow has been named the Baton Rouge Diocesan 12th Grade Student of the Year! This is a special honor for an extraordinary young man. Jackson will be considered for the Louisiana Diocesan Student of the Year honor later this spring.   Jackson is a National Merit Semifinalist, an AP Scholar […]

Central honored its soldiers, sailors, Marines, airmen, and Coastguardsmen during Veterans Day ceremonies Nov. 10 at Central Intermediate School. Central Mayor Wade Evans welcomed the veterans, who were entertained by the Central High Jazz Band, the Central Middle School choir, and Tanglewood Elementary student Faith McKnight, who sang Amazing Grace, accompanied by guitarist Michael Fryday. […]

Central Freshman Miss Charlee Jackson is a first-year member of the Homecoming Court. She is on the Central High Varsity Cheer Team and the student council. She is involved at St. Alphonsus Church. Charlee was escorted by her father, Justin Jackson. Central Freshman Miss Caley Griffin is a first-year member of the Homecoming Court and […]

Sen. Bodi White (R-Central), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, will be honored for his 20 years’ service in the Louisiana House of Representatives and State Senate.  A dinner in his honored is planned for Saturday, Sept. 16 at Kristenwood Reception Hall, 14025 Greenwell Springs Road. The social hour will begin at 6 p.m. and […]

Family Research Council, the nation’s leading advocate for Christian principles in Washington, has opened offices in Baton Rouge at the former home of Trinity Lutheran Church at 10925 Florida Blvd.  Former Rep. Tony Perkins of Central is the president of FRC.  While the organization’s headquarters remains in Washington, the Baton Rouge campus is an expansion […]

The Haven Café & General Store opened at 9500 Blackwater Road, Central, on Dec. 9, 2022. The non-profit ministry offers a beautiful home-cooked meal Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. The general store opens at 10 a.m. Food service is from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.  The meal always includes meat or seafood with two sides, homemade […]

Ian E. James, founder of Capital Financial Group has collaborated with four other financial experts to write a No. 1 best-seller on Amazon. The new book, Your Ideal Retirement, brings together the recommendations of some of the nation’s top experts on financial plannig. Your Ideal Retirement hit best-seller lists on Amazon.com within 24 hours of […]

Jeff Wittenbrink, attorney for Central pastor Tony Spell, has been honored by the Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers after having won a landmark case before the Louisiana Supreme Court.   Wittenbrink was honored during the organization’s 35th Annual Justice William Tate, Jr., Awards Banquet at the Westin in New Orleans. On May 13, 2022, […]

The Haven Cafe & General Store at the Lake is now a reality!  The Haven Cafe, a special project of Sister Shaye Spell, is a small, non-profit outdoor cafe nestled between Life Tabernacle Church, the Brush Arbor Freedom Center, and the beautiful lake with its walking deck.   Sister Shaye said, “When you are here, […]

My grandmother, Loretta Foreman, opened The Country Emporium in 1984 on Sullivan Road as an antique and gift shop. The store was in a log cabin home on lots of land. It was beautiful and peaceful.  By 1985, she decided to expand and include a tea room. She always loved tea and enjoyed having tea […]