Central City News

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 […]

From US News… Beijing appears to believe now is the time to test America’s resolve in support of the island nation as it boasts of its military might.  China flew an unprecedented 52 warplanes near Taiwanese airspace on Monday, Taiwan’s Ministry of Defense reported, marking a troubling escalation as Beijing boasts of sending record numbers […]

Central Mayor David Barrow reports that the City of Central has completed nearly 53 miles of off-road drainage cleaning, clearing, and excavation in the past two years since July 1, 2019 across the city. This work includes numerous capital improvements projects. This work is in addition to normal roadside ditch maintenance.  These projects are all […]

Central Mayor David Barrow said the City of Central has signed an agreement with Compliance Envirosystems, LLC (CES) to perform storm drain inspections, documentation, evaluation, and line cleaning services for all underground drainage systems throughout the city of Central.  This means that all subsurface drainage pipes throughout the city will be evaluated using a zoom […]

By Woody Jenkins, Editor, Central City News • CENTRAL — More than 50 Central parents came to the Central School Board meeting Monday,  August 9 to demand that the school board make mask-wearing by students optional rather than follow the Governor’s statewide indoor mask mandate.  The Central parents, led by Kim Powers, proposed changes in the Central […]

By Rep. Richard Nelson (R-St. Tammany) — BATON ROUGE — There have been many claims recently about the increase in serious complications from COVID-19 in children under 18. I know this has alarmed many parents who have reached out to my legislative office for more information.  On the day the Governor issued his new mask mandate, […]

By Woody Jenkins, Editor, Central City News • CENTRAL — According to the Louisiana Department of Health, a total of 11,519 people have died in Louisiana either because of Covid or at least with it in their system. Amazingly, only 10 of those deaths have been among people under 18 years of age, and those had other […]

Abigal Sherlin, a 7th grader at Central Middle School has written an open letter explaining why she wants to go to Central Middle School this fall but only if she can go without a mask. She said she loves her school and her teachers.  Before masking, they would greet her with a smile. She said […]