Central City News

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 […]

Kathryn Eileen Goppelt, a Christian, missionary, mother, homeschooler, homesteader, political activist, and state legislative assistant, passed away on Oct. 16, 2022 at her home in Gonzales, due to cancer.  Although her departure leaves a permanent ache in our hearts, we do not grieve as those without hope. “For if we believe that Jesus died and […]

By Woody Jenkins, Editor — CENTRAL —Two popular measures — one passed by the Metro Council and another by the Central Community School Board — are well-intentioned attempts to combat real problems but both threaten to infringe on the First Amendment rights of our citizens. Here in Central, the Central School Board passed new rules […]

 Behind the scenes, a battle has been raging between members of the Central School Board who believe property taxes should automatically go up every year and the one board member who adamantly believes there should be no property tax increases without a vote of the people of Central. From 2007 when the Central Community School District […]