Central City News

Central High head football Coach Sid Edwards and Istrouma High head football coach Jeremy Gradney have announced the two schools will meet for a spring game at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 16 at Tack Jackson Stadium at Istrouma High on Winbourne Avenue in Baton Rouge. The event will be an Istrouma Alumni Night, and […]

Members of Istrouma High’s many State Championship football and other teams are being invited to return to the school May 16 for the unfurling of their team’s State Championship banners. The ceremony will take place during a banquet to be held at 3 p.m. that day in the Istrouma gym. Each athlete will be individually […]

BREC has announced $2 million in improvements to Jackson Park, located on Sullivan Road just north of Hooper. Mayor David Barrow said, “BREC’s Jackson Park will be redeveloped as a Community Park with walking paths, exercise equipment, a new recreation building, paved parking, a new playground, basketball court, and more.” Some of the improvements will […]

My latest report on the economic impact of ExxonMobil’s four facilities indicates the company employs 6,915 employees and contract workers at an average wage of $74,158 a year — 51 percent above the average wage in East Baton Rouge Parish. For the last 10 years, the company has invested in excess of $250 million A […]

EDITOR’S NOTE: In January, far-left Together Baton Rouge launched an attack against ExxonMobil resulting in the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board defeating 5-4 a routine Industrial Tax Exemption (ITEP) for Exxon’s Baton Rouge refinery. The school board action and some of the harsh attacks against Exxon raised questions as to whether Baton Rouge was […]

The Central High Wildcat cheerleading team has won their second consecutive National Championship during competition at the ESPN Wide World of Sports complex in Orlando this past weekend. The competition was for Game Day Large Varsity Non Tumbling cheerleading. The Wildcat cheerleaders competed with other schools from across the country. Varsity sponsor for the team […]

Today marks exactly one month since City Council members, our chief of police, and I officially took office. It has been quite a month transitioning into office, rekindling old friendships with other governmental officials across the parish and state, and having many meetings. The support and patience from the community has been overwhelming and much […]

More than 2,000 gathered Jan. 26 on the steps of the Old State Capitol to stand up for the Right to Life and oppose abortion. People of all ages and faiths gathered to speak out against what some called the American Holocaust. The main speaker, Dr. Alveda King, the niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, […]

Dylan Rathcke of Central is only 18 but he has already established himself as a football legend at the high school level in Louisiana. He was a three-year starter at University High, the No. 1 football team in Louisiana ranked No. 13 in the nation. University High was undefeated during his junior and senior seasons […]

At the first meeting of its four-year term, the Central City Council elected Councilman at-Large Wade Evans as Pro-Tem, the No. 2 job in city government. Evans, a local business owner, was elected 4-3 over Councilman Aaron Moak. Evans was the high vote getter among the five candidates who ran for the City Council at-Large, […]