Central City News

The East Baton Rouge Parish Metro Council Wednesday night gave final approval to the controversial 183-unit Belle Arbor development planned for south of Hooper Road just west of the Comite River. Three Central School Board members spoke against the development — Kim Powers, Roxanne Atkinson, and Sharon Browning. They and other citizens who appeared emphasized […]

Yes, we know there are license plate reading cameras here and there on the Interstate and even a couple in the City of Central.  It’s nothing new, we are told. Some will say a citizen has no expectation of privacy on public roads. But that is not the law.  The Supreme Court has ruled law […]

Excerpts from Article by Ángel Díaz and Rachel Levinson-Waldman from Brennan Center for Justice of New York University Law School Auto­matic license plate read­ers use a combin­a­tion of cameras and computer soft­ware to indis­crim­in­ately scan the license plates of every car passing by. The read­ers, which can be moun­ted on station­ary poles, moving police cruis­ers, […]

By Woody Jenkins, Editor, Central City News — CENTRAL — Health freedom is likely to be one of the key issues facing the 2022 regular session of the Louisiana Legislature, which began this week.   Conservative lawmakers have authored a number of bills to rein in the power of the governor when he declares an […]

By Woody Jenkins, Editor, Central City News — CENTRAL — Rev. Tony Spell of Life Tabernacle Church in Central finally had his day in court Tuesday, March 22, two years after he was arrested on charges of holding worship services in violation of the orders of Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards. The Louisiana Supreme Court spent […]

By Woody Jenkins, Editor, Central City News — CENTRAL — A controversial 185-lot development on Hooper Road west of the Comite River has been approved by the East Baton Rouge Parish Planning Commission, despite the unanimous opposition of the Central Community School Board.  Four school board members were there to represent the board and testify […]

Dr. Peter McCullough, well known internationally as the leading proponent of early treatment of COVID, is coming to Central, and you are invited!   The Central City News and Real Health Medical are sponsoring his speaking at Louisiana Health Freedom Day on Friday, April 1 at Revolution Square, corner of Hooper and Blackwater roads in […]

Louisiana’s Supreme Court has had many different personalities over the past 210 years, since the Supreme Court was created by the Louisiana Constitution of 1812.  Today the highest court in the state has a decidedly conservative flavor with small-town values.  There are five conservative Republicans, one liberal Democrat, and a Chief Justice who is not […]

By Woody Jenkins, Editor, Central City News — Last year, when I received a call from the Louisiana Department of Education asking me to serve on the 25-member Content Standards Review Committee for Social Studies, I was happy to accept the invitation. Little did I know how important the work would be or how it might change […]

In 2018, I ran for the Central City Council because I felt that we could do better. Since taking office, my mission has been to improve our city. I fought to have a public works app for your phones to make reporting problems easier and worked to tighten the detention rules for any new subdivision […]