Central City News

The differences between Louisiana’s liberal Democratic governor and the conservative Republican legislature were on full display Tuesday when three Republican lawmakers examinedGov. John Bel Edwards’ vetoes at the Ronald Reagan Newsmaker Luncheon. Most of the vetoes concerned attacks on individual rights by Edwards since Covid and needed reform of Louisiana’s election law. The major bills […]

As of Nov. 3, debris removal crews had picked up nearly 50,000 cubic yards of tree debris from Hurricane Ida on the first pass of streets in Central. This amount is considerably higher than the estimated 25,000 cubic yards originally anticipated.  Debris removal crews will begin making a final pass down every local street again to […]

Most of you have noticed that the road work on Sullivan Road has stopped, and workers have basically disappeared. All of this relates to the installation of sewer lines along the east side of Sullivan Road between Hooper and Wax Roads.  This utility relocation project was let back in April of 2017 by the Louisiana […]

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 […]