Central City News

Three bridges on major roadways in Central were recently repaired by the City-Parish after inspections by DOTD showed deficiencies. All of these bridges are timber/creosote bridges with concrete spans built nearly 50 years ago. The Frenchtown Road bridge over Draughn Creek was closed  July 23 and was reopened Oct. 15. Five major pilings and caps […]

Monthly sales tax collections for the City of Central amounted to $590,967.12 for August 2021. This represents a 5.95 percent increase compared to August 2020 and marks the 18th month in a row of sales tax growth compared year-to-year. Motor vehicles sales taxes on vehicle purchases for the month of August 2021 were $121,700.70. This […]

 Through the City of Central’s administrative hearing process, Sammy’s Properties, LLC was issued an order to cut the grass and maintain the property at 14800 Wax Rd. After failing to do so, the City of Central was authorized to enter the property and abate the code violations. Sammy’s Properties, LLC was issued a fine of […]

The Central Community School Board has voted unanimously to accept $6.1 million in federal funds under the so-called ESSER program (Elementary & Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund). In order to receive the funds, a local school board must show the efforts if any it is making toward “universal masking.”  The Central School Board points out […]

 Article II of the Louisiana Constitution provides that the powers of state government shall be divided into three separate branches —Legislative, Executive, and Judicial.  It further provides that no person holding office in any one branch shall exercise power belonging to another branch.   Issues of separation of powers have been in the forefront since […]

The criminal case against Rev. Tony Spell is on hold pending a decision by the Louisiana Supreme Court on his Motion to Quash the charges against him — six counts of holding worship services in violation of Gov. John Bel Edwards’ orders. At a status conference before Judge Eboni Johnson-Rose at the 19th Judicial District […]

From Central City News… One obvious question: Does Facebook going down have anything to do with aggressive Chinese Communist behavior toward Taiwan?  People in the United States are talking about Facebook being down, not what is going on near Taiwan.

From CNSNews… Chinese warplanes operating in the skies near Taiwan in record numbers prompted a statement of concern from the State Department on Sunday, as a Chinese Communist Party media outlet hailed what it called “a clear and unmistakable declaration of China’s sovereignty over the island.” Communist Party mouthpiece Global Times in an editorial described […]

From CNBC…  Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp are offline. The websites and apps for all of the services were responding with server errors. Reports on DownDetector.com showed the outages appear to be widespread, but it’s unclear if it impacts all users or just some locations. It’s not currently known what’s causing the outage. All three platforms […]