Central City News

Clerk of Court Doug Welborn needs commissioners to work at polling precincts on Election Day. New precincts will soon be added for the first time in several years and the pool of commissioners will have to grow with the additions. “We are always seeking new commissioners, but the addition of the new locations puts us […]

Voters in Central will be able to stay close to home and still participate in early voting, thanks to an ordinance approved by the Metro Council May 22. The Council voted for a proposal by East Baton Rouge Parish Mayor Pro-Tem Scott Wilson (R-Central) to provide up to $62,000 in one-time money to wire and […]

Metro Councilman and Mayor Pro-Tem Scott Wilson hopes to establish an early voting site in Central in time for the Oct. 12 statewide elections. Early voting is growing in popularity but residents of Central are not participating in early voting like other areas of the parish. “The closest places for early voting are Baker and […]

After a raucous election campaign filled with charges and countercharges, voters in the City of Central went to the polls on Tuesday, Nov. 6 and defeated all incumbents on the ballot — Mayor Jr. Shelton, Police Chief James Salsbury, Mayor Pro-Tem Kim Fralick, and Council members Shane Evans, Wayne Messina, and John Vance. Council member […]

I’ve been studying the Parish Road Plan to be voted on Dec. 8 for the last couple of weeks and worked out the numbers. The infrastructure improvements planned for the City of Central amount to $88 million. That includes $50 million to four-lane Hooper Road from Blackwater to Sullivan and $38 million to four-lane Wax […]

CENTRAL – City-Parish Mayor Pro-Tem Scott Wilson, who represents Central on the Metro Council, said today the proposed Parish Road Plan is a big win for Central. Wilson cited the $88 million included in the plan to four-lane Hooper Road from Blackwater to Sullivan and four-lane Wax Road from the Central Thruway to Magnolia Bridge. […]

CENTRAL — City-Parish Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome has a Parish Road Plan on the ballot Saturday, Dec. 8, and it’s a sweet deal for Central!  The plan provides $88 million in capital construction in the City of Central, but the cost to Central residents will be only about $1.4 million a year from a 1/2¢ […]

Under Louisiana law, if the Mayor of a city resigns, dies or is convicted of a felony, he is removed from office and succeeded by the Mayor Pro-Tem of the city. Mayor candidate David Barrow was arrested in April 2017 in connection with a forged signature on a city contract. District Attorney Hillar Moore told […]

The controversial editor who is running for City Council in District 3 Nov. 6 has more than good government in mind when he attacks candidates running for the City Council in other districts, several Council candidates said this week. Dave Freneaux, editor of Central Speaks, is backing a slate of candidates for the City Council […]

If Central Mayor Jr. Shelton is reelected but Council candidate and Central Speaks editor Dave Freneaux is successful in electing a majority of the City Council, city government could be in gridlock for the next four years. At least that is the assessment of Mayor Shelton and several candidates running for City Council in the […]