Central City News

In a case unique in American history, Central Pastor Tony Spell was twice arrested in 2020 by Central Police Chief Roger Corcoran for the “crime” of holding church services.  In May of this year, the Louisiana Supreme Court ruled 5-2 that Rev. Spell’s arrest was “illegal” and “unconstitutional” under both the United States Constitution and […]

Last Thursday, the State Bond Commission gave approval to $12 million to be used to construct an Arena and Events Center in Central.  The approval came on the heals of the Capital Outlay Bill passed by the Louisiana Legislature earlier this year.  The funding was included in capital outlay by Sen. Bodi White (R-Central), chairman […]

Earlier this year, retired East Baton Rouge Sheriff Col. Bobby Dale Callender considered running for Chief of Police in the City of Central. However, he ultimately decided not to for family reasons. Now Col. Callender is making his views known on the race for Police Chief between the incumbent chief, Roger Corcoran, and the former […]

By Woody Jenkins, Editor — CENTRAL — The Central Community School System is back to normal after two years of turmoil and uncertainty caused by the coronavirus and Gov. John Bel Edwards’ orders to close schools and require masks after they reopened. Now Central, one of the top school systems in Louisiana, has reopened with […]

By Woody Jenkins, Editor — CENTRAL —Two popular measures — one passed by the Metro Council and another by the Central Community School Board — are well-intentioned attempts to combat real problems but both threaten to infringe on the First Amendment rights of our citizens. Here in Central, the Central School Board passed new rules […]

 Behind the scenes, a battle has been raging between members of the Central School Board who believe property taxes should automatically go up every year and the one board member who adamantly believes there should be no property tax increases without a vote of the people of Central. From 2007 when the Central Community School District […]

 The governing body of the Republican Party of East Baton Rouge Parish on Tuesday unanimously voted to support a resolution condemning President Joe Biden and calling for his impeachment.  The resolution came after a raid by the FBI on the home of former President Donald Trump.   The raid was cited by the resolution as […]

EDITOR’S NOTE – Rev. Tony Spell was exonerated from the criminal charges against him May 13 when the Louisiana Supreme Court found that Gov. John Bel Edwards’ efforts to close churches and limit church attendance were “illegal” and “unconstitutional.”  All criminal charges against the pastor of Life Tabernacle in Central for holding church were dismissed. […]

A law enforcement action like this against a former president has never occurred before.  It will be construed by millions of Americans as President Biden’s desperate deployment of the power of the federal government to damage his likely 2024 opponent who now leads him in national election polls. This past Monday, the FBI, in an unannounced […]

For the second straight year, the Central City News has been named Newspaper of the Year by the Louisiana Press Association. The Central City News brought home eight 1st place and many 2nd and 3rd place awards in competition with community newspapers across Louisiana in the annual Better Newspaper Contest. The contest includes categories for […]