Central City News

The Azusa Street  Revival began in Los Angeles in 1906 and gave birth to the modern Pentecostal movement.  That movement spread east and south. In 1914, the Pentecostal movement reached Louisiana. This weekend, Life Tabernacle Church, corner Hooper and Blackwater, will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Pentecostal movement in Louisiana.  Pentecostal leaders from across […]

Central City Council candidate Jason Ellis won a big victory May 3, defeating incumbent Councilman Ralph Washington by 2,066 votes to 1,477. Ellis won 58.3 percent of the votes cast. The election filled the fifth and final seat on the Central City Council.  Four others were elected to the Council in April. Ellis is a […]

The St. George incorporation movement must be happy the 2014 regular session of the Louisiana Legislature is over, because they had to spend a lot of time and effort working to defeat three bills that could have hampered or even ended the incorporation movement. As recently as last Friday, one of the anti-St. George bills […]

Central Mayor Pro-Tem Ralph Washington will be ending his service as No. 2-ranked person in Central city government after nine years as mayor pro-tem and city councilman.  Washington is currently the highest ranking black Republican in municipal government in Louisiana. Washington lost his bid for reelection to the Council May 3 after a bout with […]

More than 1,000 Republican activits from across the country gathered last week for the 2014 Republican Leadership Conference at the New Orleans Hilton. Attendees got to hear most of the nation’s top conservative leaders and some of the leading candidates for the 2016 Republican Presidential nomination. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas won the Presidential Straw […]

The Louisiana Department of Education has announced the results of its annual LEAP and iLEAP testing of public school students, and the Central Community School System is once again near the top of the state.  In the critical testing of 3rd through 8th graders, Central tied for No. 2 among the 70 school systems in […]

A group of 25 Central business owners met at Kristenwood Tuesday night to discuss their concerns about a proposed mass rezoning of property under the city’s Master Plan.  The group agreed to ask the outgoing City Council to delay a decision until after the new Mayor and City Council are sworn in July 1. The […]

Nathan Corley, assistant principal at Central High School, said Wednesday there’s a good reason the new lights on the baseball field are burning all night.  Once installed, they must burn continuously for at least 100 hours.  “Thanks to everyone for your patience, and we apologize for the inconvenience,” Corley said.  

Mayor-elect Jr. Shelton’s transition team will hold two Town Hall meetings between now and Inauguration Day in order to get ideas from the public on the priorities for the City of Central and Shelton’s new administration. The first of the two public meetings will be at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 12 at the Central […]

Local realtor Jr. Shelton will take the oath of office as the 2nd Mayor of the City of Central in Inauguration ceremonies on Tuesday, July 1. Shelton, Police Chief-elect James Salsbury, and the five members of the Central City Council will be sworn in at 9 a.m. at the Central High School auditorium.  The new […]