Central City News

Central voters will face a rematch from 2018 between the current police chief, Roger Corcoran, and the previous police chief, James Salsbury. Corcoran received nationwide criticism after arresting Pastor Tony Spell for holding worship services at Life Tabernacle during the pandemic.    In a statement, Corcoran said, “After taking office in January 2019, we have […]

By Woody Jenkins, Editor, Central City News — CENTRAL — Early voting at the Central Library was outstanding. 4,700 people came to vote, indicating Tuesday’s overall turnout will be strong. Signs are plastered all over town, and candidates are still walking neighborhoods and sign-waving. Mostly, the campaigns have been positive. It all demonstrates that democracy […]

After reviewing questionnaires from the candidates and conducting interviews, the Republican Party of East Baton Rouge Parish has announced its endorsements for the Nov. 8 election. The following descriptions were provided by the Republican Party: •John Kennedy, U. S. Senate – After only one term, Sen. Kennedy has become a lion of the Senate.  He […]

The Republican Party of East Baton Rouge Parish has endorsed Steve Myers for District Judge in the Nov. 8 election. This is the judgeship formerly held by Judge Richard Anderson. The election district includes Central and Zachary.  In recent voting, it has leaned narrowly to the Democratic side but is still considered winnable by Republicans. […]

Central has a seven-member City Council. All seven will be chosen Nov. 8. Two members are elected citywide, and five from single-member districts. Councilman-at-Large Aaron McKinney is running for reelection, while district Councilman Josh Roy is running for the other at-large seat. They are opposed by Donnie Fuslier. Two district Council members — D’Anne Wells […]

After an embarrassing public controversy and charges of racism, the Louisiana Democratic Party has endorsed three candidates for U.S. Senate: • Gary Chambers •Luke Mixon •Syrita Steib The state party at first agreed to endorse Mixon, the choice of Gov. John Bel Edwards.  However, after charges of racism by Gary Chambers, the party endorsed all […]

The Democratic Party of East Baton Rouge Parish has voted to endorse Jeffery LaCour, who is running for the Central Community School Board from District 1 in the Nov. 8 primary election.  LaCour is the only Democrat seeking any office in Central in this election, although Carol Burton Norwood was a Democrat until the day […]

By Woody Jenkins, Editor, Central City News — CENTRAL — The Democratic and Republican parties have now made their endorsements for this election cycle, and we are reporting the complete list of those endorsements in this edition of the Central City News.   The endorsed Republican candidates are an impressive group.  Each one is well […]

This campaign has given me the chance to meet many interesting people running for public office. One of the most enjoyable was Dele Adebamiji. Born  in Nigeria, Dele has practiced law here for more than 20 years.  He is an amazing man — not only an attorney but a pastor and a man of real […]

 Central School Board candidate Carol Burton-Norwood issued a statement on Facebook this week saying that she switched from Democrat to Republican the day before qualifying to run for the school board. She explained that she is a lifelong Democrat who has been in the party for 35 years but since she wanted to run for […]