Central City News

A young Irishman from the Emerald Isle, Fr. Michael Moroney celebrated his first Mass at St. Bartholomew Church in his hometown, Athea, just about 100 miles southwest of Dublin, Ireland.  He was one of 24 Irish seminarians raised into the priesthood by Bishop Morris, Bishop of Cashel and Emily in the Cathedral of the Assumption […]

Matt Talbert moved to Sterlington, Louisiana, 15 miles northeast of Monroe, in 2005. He and his wife loved the small town Christian atmosphere where everyone knew each other and where schools were outstanding.  It was perfect for their son and daughter.  Matt became general manager of a family-owned chain of quick oil change stores and […]

The Central High School Class of 2021 walked across the stage at the River Center in downtown Baton Rouge Tuesday night.  Altogether 350 Central High seniors earned their diplomas or will have done so my the end of summer school.  They join roughly 121 other Central residents who are graduating from Central Private, St. Joseph’s, […]

Mr. CHS is Grant Dunn, the son of Jay and Ragan Dunn. The Dunn family attends Fellowship Baptist Church. Grant is a four-year member of the Central Wildcat football team where he earned the honor of 2nd Team All-District in his junior year and 1st Team All-District in his senior year. In addition Grant was […]

Dr. Justin Creel pulled the door open to Rip’s Photography Studio in Zachary owned by Rip Rittell and was immediately hit with a wave of nostalgia. Everything seemed so very familiar. Had it really been 13 years? On this day, Creel had an appointment for a promotional photo as part of the beginning of his […]

Anyone who drove up Greenwell Springs Road in the 1950’s or 1960’s will remember the beauty of that ancient road — a quiet, narrow country lane covered with a canopy of live oaks and other trees.  In those days, it would be easy to visualize the cattle drives, stage coaches, and buckboard wagons that travelled […]

Gene Lato is celebrating 62 years as a barber and 60 years as owner of the Central Barber Shop on Hooper Road. In fact, Central Barber Shop may be the oldest business in Central, certainly one of the oldest. Gene hung out his shingle April 1, 1961, in the old car dealership building at the […]

After a pause during the pandemic in 2020, new businesses are opening in Central. The largest is The Reserve at Shoe Creek, a luxury apartment complex located on Grand Settlement Boulevard across Sullivan Road from Central Pharmacy. Behind The Reserve is The Claiborne at Shoe Creek, a state-of-the art assisted living facility. Both projects were […]

By Woody Jenkins • Editor • Central City News • CITY OF CENTRAL — David Simoneaux has been named head football coach at Catholic High.  He is the latest of two dozen of Coach Sid Edwards’ former players and assistant coaches to be named head football coach or head basketball coach at schools in Louisiana, […]

Since Will Easley, one of the founding members of the Central School Board, has retired, the Central City News asked school board members he served with to recall his service on the board.  Here are some of their comments: Roxanne Atkinson, Outgoing Central School Board President I came on the school board when the Central […]