Central City News

Two opponents of creating the City of St. George have alleged Sheriff Sid Gautreaux has a sweetheart deal with the City of Central that allows the citizens of Central to receive law enforcement free of charge. The Baton Rouge Advocate featured the allegations in a lengthy front page story last Saturday. Mary Jane Marcantel and […]

Perhaps attorney Mary Olive Pierson is stronger on rhetoric than on law. In any case, she has allowed Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome to place herself in an untenable and rather embarrassing position. Ms. Pierson has allowed her client to file a highly-publicized suit to block the incorporation of the City of St. George, which was […]

The City Council of Central honored Graydon Walker at its recent meeting for his long service. Former Mayor-President Tom Ed McHugh was on hand to honor his former CAO. The Council adopted the following resolution: WHEREAS, Mr. Graydon Walker has devoted most of his adult life to public service; and WHEREAS, On September 21, 1928, […]

Central High senior Faith Huguet was named the Wildcats’ 2019 Homecoming Queen in ceremonies on Friday, Sept. 20 at Wildcat Stadium Last year’s homecoming queen, Miss Taliyah Joseph, was on hand to greet the new queen. She is a freshman at SLU, majoring in nursing.  Members of the Central High School Homecoming Court and Queen […]

When then-Rep. John Bel Edwards was running for governor in October 2015, he agreed to answer a number of policy questions posed by the Central City News. Two of those questions dealt with the proposed City of St. George and the proposed Southeast Baton Rouge Community School System. Regarding the proposed Southeast Baton Rouge Community […]

There is really no mystery about whether the proposed City of St. George will be a success, and there is certainly no mystery about whether the proposed Southeast school district will be a success. We don’t have to guess whether incorporating a new city and creating a new school system in this parish can work. […]

The decision by the 1st Circuit Court of Appeal, written by Judge Robert Downing, in the challenge to the incorporation of the City of Central, addressed most of the issues likely to be raised in any challenge to the incorporation of the proposed City of St. George.  The case, Devall v. Starns, was decided Dec. […]

 The Central High Wildcats are off to a fast start with high-scoring victories in the jamboree, a 28-6 win over Livonia, and the first game of the year, a 50-7 victory over Mentorship Academy. Central coach Sid Edwards was beaming this week over the start of the season but even more because of his new […]

 Before qualifying began, political pundits said the election of two new District Court judges from the northern district of the parish (Baker, Central, and Zachary) would go strictly down racial lines, creating a virtual dead heat that could go either way. Now that qualifying is closed and candidates are out there campaigning, something rather unexpected […]

While Sheriff Sid Gautreaux was at the East Baton Rouge Parish Clerk of Court’s office to qualify for reelection, the Sheriff granted the Central City News an informal interview while doing his qualifying paperwork. His wife Suzi and Clerk of Court Doug Welborn participated in the interview. CCN: Sheriff, you might be able to solve […]