Central City News

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 […]

Property Assessment This Year Could Cost You Dearly But There Could Be a Solution by Woody Jenkins, Editor, Central City News CENTRAL — Every four years, parish assessors across Louisiana are required to reassess every building and tract of land in their respective parishes, and 2012 is a reassessment year. For property owners in East Baton Rouge Parish, […]

Central Should Seize The Moment, Acquire Hospital, Rebuild the Hotel, and Create a Civil War Attraction by Woody Jenkins, Editor CENTRAL — This is the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Baton Rouge and of the important role Greenwell Springs played as the launching pad for the Confederate assault on the Union forces there. A time like this should […]

Our Parish Stands at a Tipping Point: Will We Become Another Orleans? by Woody Jenkins, Editor, Central City News CENTRAL — Time is running out for East Baton Rouge Parish. The election this November may well be our last opportunity to turn this parish around before we become another New Orleans where high crime and dangerous public schools […]

We Have Real-Life Lumberjacks Right Here in Central by Woody Jenkins, Editor CENTRAL — On any given day, high above Central, a group of dare devil men are hard at work. They are lumberjacks who take on some of the largest trees and most difficult challenges of nature. But unlike the lumberjacks of the Great Northwest, our […]

SB 723 Could Aid Holden’s Plan to Secure Chinese Funding for Loop by Woody Jenkins BATON ROUGE — Thanks to America’s “free trade” policies, which treat a Communist dictatorship as though it were a private enterprise, the rulers of Communist China now have great wealth, so much so that they have trillions of dollars sitting idle. They can […]

Passing CATS Taxes, Opposing SE Schools, Featuring Communist Speaker Leave Some On Chamber Board Ready to Jump Ship BATON ROUGE — It’s been a long time since locally-owned small businesses in East Baton Rouge Parish felt they had a place of influence in the Baton Rouge Area Chamber of Commerce.  The Chamber has been the domain of large corporations and […]

By Urging Passage of $184 Million CATS Tax, Baton Rouge Chamber Is Helping Destroy Baton Rouge BATON ROUGE — The $184 million property tax increase passed last Saturday for the Capital Area Transit System is a tax homeowners and property owners simply cannot afford.  Moreover, the tax vote was inherently flawed and discriminatory, in part because homeowners and […]

Health and Fitness? Greenwell Springs Rd. Is Greatest Threat to Health of Our Children by Woody Jenkins CENTRAL — The death of Daniel Couvillion has left this community stunned.  And it has left us wondering who will be next? Over the past 18 months, we have had one tragic death after another on Central’s narrow, antiquated roads.  Amazingly, […]