Central City News

From vacations to the beach, mission trips to places like Malaysia, football and cheerleader camps, and family gardens, the people of Central have been using their free time this summer to enjoy life in our beautiful city. On Page 17-18, we feature the canning of Jeannie Spell and all that goes into it.  She and […]

Woody Jenkins Editor, Central City News I was born in Baton Rouge and have lived here almost my entire life, but five formative years were spent in Rougon, a rural area of Pointe Coupee Parish. I was an only child, and we lived on a farm. No other children lived nearby. From 1951-1956 when I […]

May 2005 was an important time in the history of Central. On April 19, the Central City News began publication, and two days later the voters of Central voted to incorporate Central as Louisiana’s newest city.  May 2005 was a time of great excitement but also apprehension about the future. All eyes in the capital […]

By Woody Jenkins, Editor, Central City News – Baton Rouge Bright and early on Saturday morning, Dec. 2, 2023, Katherine Diamond was hard at work on the riverfront in downtown Baton Rouge, picking up trash. She had on her yellow vest, as did the others who were there for a variety of wrongs, such as […]

In 2017, Kathryn Mancuso’s friend asked her to paint a party cup for her and it unlocked a desire to paint and create again that she hadn’t felt since she was a little girl. Ever since, she hasn’t been able to put the paint brushes down! She has built her small business up to where […]

By Woody Jenkins Louisiana has lost a great attorney and an even better man.  Alex St. Amant passed away in his sleep with his wife Floris at his side in the early morning hours of Saturday May 20, 2023. I’ve had the privilege of knowing Alex since 1963 when he and I debated the governor’s […]

In the spring of 1970, Robert Williams was teaching American history at all-black Chaneyville High School when his supervisor, Dr. Helen Brown, told him, Congratulations, you’re going to Central High School! He was to be the first “crossover”  black coach assigned to all-white Central High School. Williams was so upset that he and his wife […]

By Woody Jenkins, Editor, Central City News — Samuel Morse sent the message “What has God wrought?” from the old Supreme Court chamber in the U.S. Capitol to his partner in Baltimore via telegraph in 1844.  Morse soon extended his lines to New York City. Western Union was founded in 1851 and by 1861 had built […]

By Woody Jenkins, Editor, Central City News — If you ever watch Central City News’ coverage of Life Tabernacle’s services, you have probably seen Jeff Jackson — also known as “Dancin’ Jeff” — dance across the front of the sanctuary.   Some people think he looks like a moron or a homeless person who came […]

By Woody Jenkins, Editor, Central City News — The office of Clerk of Court Doug Welborn has prepared this report on the services it is now providing to the citizens of East Baton Rouge Parish, the 19th Judicial District Court, the Family Court, and the Juvenile Court.    The Clerk’s Office is self-funded and receives virtually […]