Central City News

Central High principal Brandon LaGroue crowned Taliyah Joseph as the Wildcats’ 2018 Homecoming Queen during half-time ceremonies at the Belaire-Central game last Friday night. Last year’s Homecoming Queen, Katie McCaskill, presented roses to the new Queen. Katie is a freshman at Southeastern, majoring in social work. She also works in her church nursery and at […]

In an exclusive interview with the Central City News, Mayor Jr. Shelton announced that he has secured an unprecedented array of city, state, and federal funds to improve drainage in the City of Central. The money, totalling more than $100 million, is perhaps more than any other city in the country has received. The interview, […]

Lane Regional Medical Center and Mary Bird Perkins – Our Lady of the Lake Cancer Center announced today a new partnership to provide enhanced care to Zachary-area patients requiring medical oncology services. The new partnership, effective September 4, includes medical oncology office visits and infusion therapy services, along with a host of other oncology support […]

By next year, law enforcement officers on their way to a crime scene in East Baton Rouge Parish could be much better prepared for whatever awaits them. Baton Rouge Police Chief Murphy Paul says an officer typically has only two to three minutes from the time he is dispatched until he reaches the call. Too […]

My response to the drainage question is as follows: We must first analyze and fund our drainage master plan. We need to consider on-site mitigation of all future developments so we don’t bring in large amounts of fill from elsewhere in the flood-plain and impact surrounding properties. We must budget for cleaning and maintenance of […]

At the Lily Bayou Control Structure Wednesday, Congressman Garret Graves was doing what he does best — speaking passionately about a cause he believes in, in this case the Comite Diversion Canal. The scene was surreal. The day was blistering hot. The massive Lily Bayou structure, reminisent of the Panama Canal, sat there as it […]

Congressman Garret Graves, fresh off an historic victory in Washington, where he helped gain funding for the remainder of the work on the Comite Diversion Canal, visited the canal Wednesday. The project, which has lanquished for 30 years until Graves’ breakthrough, seemed to come alive as the second-term Congressman described the scene at the Lily […]

More than 400 teachers, administrators, and school employees gathered on Monday, Aug. 6 for the Central Community School System’s 12th Annual Back to School Convocation. This year’s event was held at Greenwell Springs Baptist and was broadcast live by the Central City News on Facebook. The event, which was chaired by Supt. Jason Fountain, was […]

Eight years ago, a group of concerned citizens approached Jim Lloyd, president of Cornerstone Commerical Flooring, and asked him to consider running for the Central Community School Board. Lloyd answered the call and with the help of his No. 1 booster, his wife Gail, he was elected handily! For the past eight years, Jim Lloyd […]

The Central City Council Tuesday night unanimously approved issuing a Conditional Use permit for the proposed $5 million Central City Hall, which will be located at the corner of Hooper and Sullivans roads. The permit opens the door for public bids to be solicited for the project by early fall. The vote to issue the […]