Central City News

Country Living in the City Like Social Do-Gooders, We Dance Around Issue Of Who Is Responsible For Wanton Violence by Woody Jenkins, editor CENTRAL — We’ve lived in our current home for 28 years.  It is located on a heavily-travelled road, and we have about 200 feet of frontage.  Over the past 28 years, the traffic count […]

Social Conservatives Don’t Base Their Vote On Checks in the Mail by Woody Jenkins, editor BATON ROUGE — Over the past couple of years, probably the most common refrain among my fellow conservatives has been this: “Nearly half the people in America get a check from the government every month.  At some point soon, the number of […]

Singing Kumbaya With Terrorists Is No Substitute for Military Strength by Woody Jenkins, editor BATON ROUGE — The Arab Spring has turned into the Arab Winter.  With it, the utter naivete and ineptitude of the Obama Administration’s policy in the Mideast have become clear for all to see. In his Cairo speech, President Obama reached out to the […]

3 Times Obama Tried To Put God in Platform And 3 Times Delegates To DNC Shouted ‘No!’ by Woody Jenkins, editor BATON ROUGE — The spectacle of an American political party voting against God is unthinkable. Yet, that’s what happened at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina — not once but three times. It was, or […]

by Elizabeth Dent BATON ROUGE — With every storm, there is a silver lining — the friends we make, the people we help, the people who help us, and maybe even something unexpected, such as the return of the hummingbirds! In late August 2005, my Fred and I were in Asheville, NC, to attend a […]

All Three Men Could Be President Some Day But Recent Court Decisions Could Re-Elect Obama by Woody Jenkins, editor BATON ROUGE — Conservative Republicans got most of what they were looking for at the Republican National Convention last week in Tampa — with the nomination of Gov. Mitt Romney for President and Congressman Paul Ryan for Vice President. […]

TOPS Has Been Under Attack by Those Who Want Plan Need-Based, Instead of Merit-Based by Woody Jenkins, Editor CENTRAL — Louisiana’s TOPS scholarship program has been under attack this year — in the press and in the halls of the legislature. Basically, the opponents of TOPS want the scholarships to be granted based on need, rather than merit. […]

By Elizabeth Dent Baton Rouge has so many treasures, including generational businesses that have survived over the years, sometimes started by a grandfather or a father, and decades later their daughters, sons, and their children continue in the tradition they established those many years ago. One such business is Willie & Willie Contractors founded in […]

In 1963, That Auditorium Filled with 1,200 Bulldogs Was the One Place in the World I Didn’t Want to Be by Woody Jenkins, Editor BATON ROUGE — On Monday, Baton Rouge Magnet High School principal Nanette McCann gave me a tour of the newly-renovated and greatly-expanded high school on Government Street. We were joined by East Baton Rouge […]

by Woody Jenkins CENTRAL — Perhaps the most beautiful part of East Baton Rouge Parish is just north of Central — the communities of Pride, Chaneyville, and Baywood. In a way, this vast area — larger than Central — is not unlike Central of long ago.  Its population is just over 5,000 and it is […]