Central City News

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 […]

Tyler Bake,  a 3rd grade student at McKanstry Preparatory School, scored near perfect on her Iowa Standardized test. 

BriAnna McRae, won the State Championship in Trail Class at the 4-H Horse Show at the Lamar Dixon Arena in Gonzales, Louisiana. In trail, they maneuver over obstacles on horseback, they open and close gates, lope over logs, and cross a bridge, as well as other maneuvers.  They are judged on how well they maneuver […]

History 1839 Mount Moriah Baptist Church Records in Louisiana Baptist and Southern Baptist Archives indicate Mount Moriah Baptist Church was constituted on October 21, 1839. Prior to the Civil War, the church was moved to another location at which time the name was changed to Sandy Creek Baptist Church. The property on which the church […]

BATON ROUGE — I walked out of the State Capitol about 5 p.m. on June 3. Both the House and Senate were busy inside debating bills.  Normally at that time, employees would be leaving the Capitol, and cars would be noisily pulling out of the parking lot.   But outside, I was completely alone. It […]

St. Alphonsus is definitely creating a buzz this year with its new Art Club.  The SAS Art Club is made up of 4th and 5th graders who share a love of art and want to help foster that love throughout the school and community.  The Art Club sponsored the SAS Art Show in the Courtyard […]

Cooking in Central, the Official Festival for the City of Central, was held March 25-26, to help the hurricane-ravaged people of south Terrebonne Parish. Cooking founder Louis DeJohn said, “Thanks to the Central community for making this 15th annual event a great success. The 2022 event was themed ‘Cooking for Our Neighbors’ with proceeds dedicated […]

 Cooking in Central, the official festival and premier charitable fundraiser of the City of Central, will bring out thousands of Central residents, friends of Central, and people who wish they were from Central for food, music, and fun Friday and Saturday, March 25 and 26.  This event, run entirely by volunteers, has raised millions of […]

A series of public meetings is being held across East Baton Rouge Parish to gauge voters’ reaction to far-ranging proposed changes in the City-Parish Plan of Government. So far, one of the most significant changes — adding a 13th Metro councilman elected parishwide — doesn’t seem to be getting much traction. Metro Councilman Dwight Hudson […]

The Republican Party of Louisiana is sponsoring an Override the Vetoes Rally at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, July 19 on the steps of the State Capitol in Baton Rouge.  The Louisiana Legislature is expected to convene in a Veto Session at 12 noon the next day, Tuesday, July 20. Conservative leaders from across the state […]