Central City News

Competing at the Louisiana State 5A Track & Field Championship Saturday, the Central High track team had the second fastest sprinters in the state. The Wildcats ran the 4×100-meter relay in 42.0 seconds — fast enough to win 2nd place in Class 5A but also the second-fastest time in all five classes at the three-day […]

Since completion of the $55 million Central School Complex on Sullivan Road, the Central school system has continued to move forward with new projects to improve existing facilities and prepare for the future. The next major project will be construction of a new 9th Grade Academy on the campus of Central High School.  Supt. Mike […]

More than 260 seniors will receive their diplomas Tuesday, May 20 during Central High’s 101st graduation ceremony.  It is scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. at Bethany Church in Baker.  Supt. Mike Faulk will address the graduates. It is Central’s second largest graduating class since the creation of the Central Community School System in 2007 and one of the […]

This is the first edition of The Central Wildcat, the newspaper of the Central Community School System. It will be published on the 3rd Thursday of each month from August to May during the school year. The Central Wildcat will include information on Central students and student organizations, athletics, faculty and staff, the five public schools in Central, […]

TOP STORIES IN CENTRAL CITY NEWS: • Washington vs. Ellis: Runoff Election Saturday for Fifth City Council Seat • Choice: Experience vs. Youth in Race for Council • GOP Backs Washington for Council Click here: https://centralcitynews.us/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/CCN-5-01-14-FINAL-SMALL.pdf • Festival of Two Rivers Starts Friday at St. Alphonsus • Central Middle School Teacher Is Finalist for State Teacher […]

Voters in Central went to the polls April 5 and elected a new Mayor, Police Chief, and four members of the Central City Council.  However, the fifth Council seat was left unfilled because none of the remaining seven candidates received an outright majority.  The fifth-ranked candidate, Central Mayor Pro-Tem Ralph Washington, received 3,625 votes, about […]

Mayor-President Kip Holden was reportedly planning to hold a news conference last week to announce the annexation of the Mall of Louisiana into the City of Baton Rouge, which some believe would have been a serious blow to the proposed City of St. George. The same report said that opposition from some members of the […]

Growing up in the 1950’s as one of 10 kids on a small farm in Darrow, Louisiana, a mostly black community on the Mississippi River, I could never have imagined all the things that have happened in my life.  I certainly couldn’t have imagined living in a place called “Central” that is over 90 percent […]

Everybody who visits the Red Stick Farmers Market knows Francis Chauvin.  She’s the friendly lady from Hammond who bakes the best pies.  She’s also bright-eyed and eager to tell the latest news from Hammond, Ponchatoula, and the Florida Parishes. But not many who visit the farmers’ market know that Francis Chauvin is much more than […]

Voting is a right that I sometimes believe that we as Americans have taken for granted. Throughout our country’s history our people have fought to ensure every citizen has the right to vote. Sometimes we don’t appreciate the rights we have as Americans until they are gone. The importance of having voting rights became apparent […]