Central City News

Louisiana’s Industrial Tax Extension Program (ITEP)was begun in 1974. Since then, it has brought billions of dollars in new investment to the State of Louisiana. Under the program, industry submits proposals to the Louisiana Board of Commerce and Industry for approval.  If approved, 80 percent of property taxes can be abated for a period of […]

Micah McKanstry a 10th grade student of McKanstry Preparatory School in Central has been accepted into Johns Hopkins University Summer Program where he will be taking Introduction to Neuroscience.  Micah has been a Southern University dual enrollment student since 9th grade. So far he has a total of 12 college credit hours and this summer […]

By Woody Jenkins • Editor, Central City News — April 16, 1990, was a day to remember!  The Old State Capitol in Baton Rouge retired from active service when the “new” Louisiana State Capitol opened in 1935.  The Old State Capitol then became a museum.  The event on April 16, 1990, was to kick off […]

Workers returned to Sullivan Road two weeks ago, but don’t get excited.  They are only there to clean up and move out.    The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development is in the process of parting ways with Boone Services on the Sullivan Road widening project from Wax Road to Hooper Road after four years […]

On Monday, Feb. 21, Entergy sent a workman to remove  a surveillance camera that had been on an Entergy electric pole on the property of Life Tabernacle Church at the corner of Hooper and Blackwater roads. Life Tabernacle, Rev. Tony Spell, and members of the Spell family and the congregation of the church have been […]

New Roads native Archbishop-elect Shelton J. Fabre of the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux has been appointed archbishop of the Archdiocese of Louisville, Kentucky.  Archbishop Fabre’s first pastoral assignment was at St. Alphonsus Liguori Catholic Church in Central, where he served from 1989 to 1992.  The father is remembered for his loving concern for the parishioners at […]

The people of the Capital Region need to wake up, according to the Chamber of Commerce of East Baton Rouge Parish. If they do not, Baton Rouge will face a man-made disaster from which it may never recover. The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development is pushing forward with a plan that will keep Baton […]

St. Alphonsus Catholic School has proudly announced that Mrs. Annette Nicosia is the recipient of this year’s Distinguished Educator Award for the Diocese of Baton Rouge.   Mrs. Nicosia was chosen among many nominees from local Catholic schools.  She is recognized for her excellence and distinguished service to Catholic school education, especially to St. Alphonsus […]

 Cooking in Central, the official festival and premier charitable fundraiser of the City of Central, will bring out thousands of Central residents, friends of Central, and people who wish they were from Central for food, music, and fun Friday and Saturday, March 25 and 26.  This event, run entirely by volunteers, has raised millions of […]

By Woody Jenkins, Editor, Central City News — NEW ORLEANS ––  In what have to be two of the most extraordinary filings in the history of the Louisiana Supreme Court, Gov. John Bel Edwards tried to intervene in a criminal case pending before the court ­— an unprecedented move — and Attorney General Jeff Landry […]