Central City News

By Woody Jenkins, Editor, Central City News – Baton Rouge In the days shortly after Central was incorporated as its own municipality back in 2005, a lady testifying at a public hearing talked about what it was like to live in Central.  She said, “When I cross the bridge and enter the City of Central, […]

By Woody Jenkins, Editor, Central City News – Baton Rouge With a new Republican governor, all Republican statewide elected officials, and a two-thirds majority in the Louisiana House and Senate, the next few months will be an historic time to correct injustices, make fundamental changes in the direction of state government, and chart a new […]

By Woody Jenkins, Editor, Central City News – Baton Rouge As the statewide elections draw to a close Nov. 18, attention will turn to next year’s elections for Mayor-President and Metro Council in East Baton Rouge Parish.  Our parish faces many critical issues.   Here is a 10-Point Plan to save East Baton Rouge Parish […]

The Governor of Louisiana tried everything he could to put Rev. Tony Spell in jail and close his church.  The Mayor-President told people not to go there.  The police chief arrested him on trumped up charges.  The media of the nation and the world vilified him as a menace to public health and a murderer.  […]

By Woody Jenkins, Editor, Central City News – Baton Rouge After eight years of Democratic rule under Gov. John Bel Edwards, Louisiana politics seems to be in the midst of a dramatic turn.  If polling is correct, Republican Attorney General Jeff Landry, and Democratic Secretary of Transportation and Development Shawn Wilson will end up in […]

By Connie Hair – Originally Posted in TheHayride, Baton Rouge The importance of getting out to vote for Amendment No. 2 on the Oct. 14 ballot protecting churches was just kicked up a notch when the Supreme Court of the United States denied certiorari, or judicial review, of the case of Pastor Tony Spell v. […]

By Woody Jenkins, Editor, Central City News – Baton Rouge In August 2020, when Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards was in the midst of his all-out assault on the Constitution and common sense, most elected officials were silent.  They were afraid to stand up to the governor, the bureaucracy, and the left-wing media. Only one […]

By Woody Jenkins, Editor, Central City News – Baton Rouge Sen. Elbert Guillory is the first and only black Republican to serve in the Louisiana Senate since Reconstruction, which ended nearly 150 years ago!  But he is far more than that.   Guillory is one of the most articulate spokesmen for conservative causes in the […]

By Woody Jenkins, Editor, Central City News – Baton Rouge  Mike Francis made a small fortune in the oil patch and got tired of watching corruption in Louisiana politics.  With more than 500 employees, he could see how state government was destroying our economy and making it impossible to compete with Texas. In the 1990’s […]

By Woody Jenkins, Editor, Central City News – Baton Rouge Solicitor General Liz Murrill may seem picture perfect as the modern, overachieving woman attorney. Petite. Beautiful. Articulate. Classy.  Always on her best behavior.  Someone who moves in the best legal circles.  But maybe you’re missing a few things! Yes, she was Editor in Chief of […]