Central City News

On Wednesday March 14, at a banquet hosted by DEMCO, 12 11th grade students competed as semi-finalists in the 46th annual DEMCO essay contest, and six students were announced as winners. Winners of the contest are Julia Hebert and Maggie Tullier from Central High School, Lillie Lynch from West Feliciana High School, and Julia Blanchard, […]

After being forbidden to wear pants for years, girls at Central Middle and Central High will be required to wear pants to school under a proposal by school board member Nick Carmena, which was adopted by the Central school board Monday night. Only girls with a religious exemption will be allowed to wear girls’ clothing […]

By Woody Jenkins, Editor, Central City News — BATON ROUGE — Long-time Central High coach and athletic director Sid Edwards has accepted a new position as head football at Istrouma High School in Baton Rouge.  Coach Sid was released as Central head football coach last November and given an administrative position at the Central Office.  […]

By Woody Jenkins, Editor, Central City News — BATON ROUGE — Crime is the No. 1 issue facing East Baton Rouge Parish followed closely by transportation, and those two issues were pivotal in helping the Republican Party of East Baton Rouge Parish decide to endorse Attorney General Jeff Landry for Governor, according to parish Republican […]

By Woody Jenkins, Editor, Central City News — CENTRAL — Life Tabernacle and Rev. Tony Spell are headed to the United States Supreme Court in their quest to get justice as a result of violation of their constitutional rights by Gov. John Bel Edwards during the pandemic.   The Louisiana Supreme Court has already ruled […]

By Woody Jenkins, Editor, Central City News — CENTRAL — Mayor Wade Evans announced this week that Central has moved $45 million in city funds from a low-earning checking account to a higher-earning money market account, which will result in earnings of more than $2 million a year for the city. This is new revenue […]

Dr. Peter McCullough, internationally-known cardiologist and the leading proponent of early treatment of COVID, will be keynote speaker during the 2nd Annual Louisiana Health Freedom Day at 1:45 p.m. on Friday, April 21.   The Central City News and Real Health Medical are sponsoring Louisiana Health Freedom Day at Revolution Square, corner of Hooper and […]

Scholar, basketball star, high school teacher, coach, soldier, attorney, legislator, historian, orator, author, newspaper columnist and editor, TV news director, political consultant, jokester, prankster, master storyteller, mentor, role model, spokesman for traditional values and the right to life, world traveler, gardener, devout Catholic,  prayer warrior, devoted husband, father, and grandfather, former Sen. Daniel W. Richey […]

By Woody Jenkins, Editor, Central City News — CENTRAL — A little more than 50 years ago, I had the unique opportunity as a young man of 26 to serve as a delegate to CC/73, a state constitutional convention, called by the legislature to rewrite the Louisiana Constitution of 1921, the longest constitution in the world.  […]

In April 2023, WAFB-TV will celebrate the 70th anniversary of signing on the air in Baton Rouge.  The local station has had a great run and established itself as one of the top TV stations in the South. Congratulations to WAFB-TV for all it has accomplished!   By the way, I may be the only […]