Central City News

OLOL to Raffle $364,000 Home In Village Lakes For Area Kids by Melissa Lewis Anderson Special to the Central City News CENTRAL — It’s hard to imagine anything could rattle a veteran pediatric emergency room nurse with 19 years of experience. But when nurse Kim Arceneaux’s four-week-old grandson, Paxton Rivet, stopped breathing one day at […]

City Council Reapportionment Plan CENTRAL — The decision by the Central City Council last week not to submit its proposed reapportionment plan to the voters in a referendum came after a legal ruling by City Attorney Sherri Morris that the City Council has no legal authority to call such an election. Morris told the Council […]

by Megan Mosher Hammond Daily Star Staff Writer HAMMOND — Education was a major focus of questions for Senate District 6 candidates Bodi White and Mike Mannino during the political forum at the Student Union Theatre at Southeastern Louisiana University Monday evening. Asked about the current governance structure for higher eduction, White and Mannino said […]

Central Fire Department Urges You to Prevent Fire CENTRAL — What’s the best way to protect your family from fire? When it comes to fire, your best defense is a good offense. The Central Fire Department is teaming up with the nonprofit National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) during Oct. 9 through 15 to let our […]

CENTRAL — Events coming up in and around Central: Tuesday, October 11 • Diabetes Support Group • 6 p.m. You’re invited to Lane Regional Medical Center’s Diabetes Support Group.  Registration is not required.  For information, contact Sherri Brady, RN at 658-4583. October 14, 21, and 28 • Swamp Haunted Hikes • 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. […]

Central Schools Among Highest Ranked in State Based on Tests And Attendance BATON ROUGE — The Louisiana Department of Education issued its first-ever school report cards Wednesday, and three Central schools were among the handful in the state which got letter grades of A.  Bellingrath Hills Elementary (pre-K through 1st grade) and Tanglewood Elementary (2nd and 3rd grades) received […]

Cookin’ Dedicates Blackwater Site For Annual Event CENTRAL — Members of Cookin’ in Central dedicated the new location of the annual event Monday evening at 10305 Blackwater Road.  The site will be the home of the annual fundraising event, which in past years has assisted St. Bernard Parish schools, St. Helena schools, Central school libraries, and Central […]

Partner Reports Rep. White Paid Nothing for 1/3rd Interest in Land CENTRAL — Rep. Bodi White paid nothing for a 1/3rd interest in a 52-acre tract of land fronting on Hooper and Lovett roads that is now being developed as a Sports Park for BREC, according to E. Gordon Rogillio, Jr., one of White’s partners in the deal. […]

CENTRAL — One of Rep. Bodi White’s partners in Parcel 52, LLC, answered questions Tuesday about White’s investment in the firm and the issue of whether he lost $100,000 on a 50.8-acre tract that was ultimately sold to BREC after a “compromise” White brokered, that committed BREC to building a new Sports Park in Central. […]

Compromise Combines 5 Single-Member Seats With 2 At-Large Posts CENTRAL — After six public hearings over the past three months and a four-hour Council meeting Tuesday night, the Central City Council voted to adopt a new reapportionment plan using population numbers from the 2010 census. Under the plan proposed by the Mayor’s study committee and offered by […]