Central City News

The sprawling 5th Congressional District of Louisiana goes from the eastern portion of the City of St. George, up to the City of Central, east across the Florida Parishes and then up to Northeast Louisiana.  It is a vast area larger that several states.  It varies from wealthy suburbs to small towns to farm country […]

The Republican Party of East Baton Rouge Parish held a news conference last week endorsing Monique Appeaning for the Republican nomination for United States Congress from the 6th District of Louisiana. Republican and no party voters can go to the polls Saturday, May 16 to select the Republican nominee who will face incumbent Democratic Congressman […]

By Brent C. Frederick Civil Service Commission (retired) My name is Brent C Frederick, and I am retired from the State of Louisiana with over 33 years of service.  For my last 16 years, I was a Civil Service referee. In that capacity, I heard appeals of employees in the classified state service who disagreed […]

By Woody Jenkins, editor Central City News Sen. Bill Cassidy, Congresswoman Julia Letlow, Gov. Jeff Landry, and former Gov. John Bel Edwards have something in common.   They are all strong supporters of Carbon Capture Sequestration. Only one major statewide leader stands in opposition: State Treasurer John Fleming, conservative Republican candidate for U.S. Senate. The […]

A new Quantus Insights survey of 1,428 likely Republican primary voters, including unaffiliated voters who historically participate in GOP primaries, conducted Feb. 23–24, ±2.8% MoE, reveals an electorate that remains overwhelmingly loyal to President Donald Trump. Meanwhile, Senator Bill Cassidy faces entrenched opposition within his own party’s primary base. The cross-tabs can be found at […]

 A Special Election will be held on Saturday, March 14 to fill a vacancy in the Louisiana House of Representatives caused by the resignation of Rep. Paul Davis. Davis’ House District 69 goes from the Mid-City area of Baton Rouge east to Shenandoah in St. George.  Beginning at the corner of Jefferson Highway at Government […]

By Woody Jenkins, Editor Central City News It was the fall of 1963.  Morton Blackwell and I were sitting in his car in the parking lot of Alessi’s Drive-In at the corner of Florida Blvd. at North Foster.  Morton was the College Republican national director, and he had just appointed me to be the first […]

 On Tuesday, Oct. 14 as soon as the U.S. Supreme Court adjourned its hearing on the Constitutionality of Congressman Cleo Fields’ gerrymandered Congressional district, the Ronald Reagan Newsmaker Luncheon in Baton Rouge received an important call. The luncheon, a meeting point for Republican leaders in East Baton Rouge Parish, was devoted to the Supreme Court […]

By Woody Jenkins, Editor Central City News FLIPPING THE SCRIPT  It is amazing to see Governor Jeff Landry and Attorney General Liz Murrill on national television attempting to take credit for the possible overturn of Cleo Fields’ racially gerrymandered Congressional district!   In case anyone has forgotten, it was Governor Jeff Landry and Attorney General […]

By Woody Jenkins, Editor Central City News  Last week, for at least the 10th time in the last couple of months, a Central resident told me, “I don’t care about Baton Rouge!” We had been discussing the Baton Rouge City Police, the shortage of 150 officers, and the BRPD’s remarkably low pay scale. “I don’t […]