Central City News

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 […]

By Norman Browning, Co-Founder of City of St. George – Baton Rouge, LA  It’s been four years since the vote that should have created the City of St. George. As Chairman, I thank you for your past and continued support! When this campaign began, we had over 60 percent support for our city. People wanted […]

By Woody Jenkins, Editor, Central City News – Baton Rouge On July 14, 2023, Judge Mitch Theriot of Louisiana’s 1st Circuit Court struck down the incorporation of the City of St. George. He did so on the basis that the incorporators of the City of St. George failed to provide a ‘plan’ for rendering municipal […]

By Woody Jenkins, Editor, Central City News – Baton Rouge    It is marvelous to listen to the four who resigned their $105,000-a-year seats on the Board of Directors of Blue Cross talk about the future.  If they have their way, they will soon control $3,200,000,000 that rightly belongs to the policyholders of Blue Cross. […]

By Woody Jenkins, Editor Louisiana law requires that every health care provider who has reason to believe a child has been subjected to physical or sexual abuse must report that fact to the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services. Health care providers are “mandatory reporters” under the law. When a child becomes pregnant, there […]

In Christian tradition, the seven deadly sins are Pride, Envy, Gluttony, Lust, Anger, Greed, and Sloth. A website called deadlysins.com says, “Pride is excessive belief in one’s own abilities, that interferes with the individual’s recognition of the grace of God. It has been called the sin from which all others arise. Pride is also known […]