Central City News

A town hall meeting at the Main Library on Goodwood Boulevard drew fervant opposition from the public for DOTD plans to take 16 years and spend $1.6 billion to rebuild I-10 from the Mississippi River bridge to the I-10/I-12 split.  Architect Coleman Brown, chairman of the Infrastructure Committee of the Chamber of Commerce of East […]

The Republican Party of East Baton Rouge Parish has announced its first round of endorsements for the Nov. 8 election. The endorsements are for U.S. Senate, U.S. Congress, Louisiana’s 1st Circuit Court of Appeal, and all but two of the school board seats where Republicans are running in the Central and East Baton Rouge Parish […]

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 […]

– Former Central Mayor Jr. Shelton (2014-2018) took a lot of heat when he supported building a Traditional Neighborhood Development (TND) at Shoe Creek off Sullivan Road in Central. However, the Central City Council approved the project. Dave Freneaux filed suit to stop the project over the number of apartments, but after a legal battle, the […]

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 […]