Central City News

I could go into all the arguments about why it’s bad for healthy people to go around wearing masks, especially in the heat of a broiling Louisiana summer.  • Or I could go through all the conflicting edicts by the CDC, the WHO, and various health “experts” on why masks work or don’t work.  •Or […]

Members of the Central Community School System are mourning the loss of Lt. Terry Carter, Sr., longtime sheriff’s deputy who has been assigned as School Resources Officer for Central schools. Lt. Carter reportedly died of a heart attack while out of town with his family. Central schools Supt. Jason Fountain said, “We are just devastated. […]

Nothing of man is perfect, but the United States of America is the greatest nation in human history!  I love this country with all my heart!  I honor our flag as the symbol of human liberty all around the world.  I marvel at our Constitution and the unique system of government it has created.  I […]

What does an ordinary citizen do when his state and local public officials are aligned not to protect his constitutional liberties but to violate them? Rev. Tony Spell has gotten a good taste of what that’s like. The pastor has been targeted by the governor, commander of state police, state fire marshal, sheriff, mayor-president, police […]

In early March 2020, Life Tabernacle was a mid-sized little-known Pentecostal church in a small city in Louisiana. Who could have guessed that two months later, it would be virtually the only church in America holding worship services in its sanctuary or that it would be one of the best known churches in America? On […]

Both Central High School and Central Private School have made graduation plans that attempt to replicate traditional ceremonies to the extent possible.  Central Private will come closest. They will have ceremonies on the football field. Except for social distancing, it should have the feel of graduations from the past.  The event is planned for 7 […]

Central Private is planning a special graduation ceremony for its Class of 2020.  Graduation will be held at 7 p.m. on Monday, May 25, on the Central Private Football Field. Seniors will meet at 6 p.m. in their own vehicles in the parking lot of Zoar Baptist Church. They will stay in their separate vehicles. […]

Editor’s Note: Many Christians today say Romans 13:1-4 proclaims that all government is put in place by God and that governmental leaders are God’s emissaries who must be obeyed. Here in Central, Rev. Tony Spell of Life Tabernacle Church has continued to hold church services despite an emergency order by Gov. John Bel Edwards banning […]

On Sunday, the Food & Drug Administration authorized the emergency use of two anti-malaria drugs for experimental treatment of the coronavirus. The two drugs, chloroquine and hydroxycholorquine, were praised last week by President Trump as cures for the virus. Hans Andersag discovered chloroquine in 1934. It has been effective for treating malaria in many cases. A […]

If the headline caught your eye, it’s likely you or someone you know has been plunged into homeschooling because their normal school situation abruptly came to a screeching halt. What a stressful and bizarre time we are living in! Each one of us is faced with things we never could have imagined or anticipated. I […]