Central City News

The Republican Party of East Baton Rouge Parish has renewed its endorsement of Dr. John Fleming for U.S. Senate in the June 27 Republican Primary.   In a statement, the party said, “Dr. John Fleming remains the true conservative in the race for United States Senate from Louisiana.  He has a 97 percent conservative voting […]

Woody Jenkins editor, Central Cit News In 1990, I was a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives representing North Baton Rouge. The late Sen. Mike Cross represented Baker and Central. We devised a plan to improve schools in our parish.  Our plan was to create seven independent school districts that would give people in […]

 Former Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has promoted carbon capture projects for years.  In fact, as soon as he left office, he took a job promoting the carbon capture “industry.”   Somewhat surprisingly, new Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry also gave carbon capture his full-throated endorsement on Friday, Dec. 29, 2023, just days before being sworn […]

By Brent C. Frederick Civil Service Commission (retired) My name is Brent C Frederick, and I am retired from the State of Louisiana with over 33 years of service.  For my last 16 years, I was a Civil Service referee. In that capacity, I heard appeals of employees in the classified state service who disagreed […]

By Woody Jenkins, editor Central City News The Chamber of Commerce of East Baton Rouge Parish heard an amazing and deeply disturbing presentation Tuesday by Barry Hugghins, long-time chemical engineer, former chairman of the Groundwater Conservation Commission, and CEO of an important publicly-traded company. In the Central City News of January 2024, I wrote, “Carbon […]

By Woody Jenkins, editor Central City News Sen. Bill Cassidy, Congresswoman Julia Letlow, Gov. Jeff Landry, and former Gov. John Bel Edwards have something in common.   They are all strong supporters of Carbon Capture Sequestration. Only one major statewide leader stands in opposition: State Treasurer John Fleming, conservative Republican candidate for U.S. Senate. The […]

The following is based on a report issued by Louisiana Supreme Court Associate Justice Jeff Hughes: *** Report on Investigation of Family Court of East Baton Rouge Parish by Jeff Hughes, Associate Justice, Louisiana Supreme Court The Louisiana Senate passed Senate Resolution 81 to study alleged problems in the Family Court of East Baton Rouge […]

By Woody Jenkins, Editor Central City News It was the fall of 1963.  Morton Blackwell and I were sitting in his car in the parking lot of Alessi’s Drive-In at the corner of Florida Blvd. at North Foster.  Morton was the College Republican national director, and he had just appointed me to be the first […]

Family Court Judge Pam Baker had the case of Ragland vs. Ragland for seven years.  Nearly four years ago, the judge examined a video from 2018 and decided it proved child abuse by the mother, Katherine Diamond.  There were several problems with that.  First, the video has now been viewed by tens of thousands of […]

By Woody Jenkins, Editor Central City News Three and a half years ago, the life of mother of twins Katherine Diamond turned to hell, and the torment has continued ever since. She has faced the East Baton Rouge Family Court system, which has all but destroyed her family, her home, her job, and her life. […]