Central City News

Now the Board of Commissioners of BREC is considering a plan to move the Baton Rouge Zoo from its home in North Baton Rouge to a site in the southern part of the parish, possibly near L’Auberge Casino on the Iberville Parish line — 22.7 miles and at least 34 minutes from the zoo’s present […]

Rep. Valarie Hodges (R-Central) authored landmark legislation during the recent Regular Session that could have a dramatic effect on preventing future flooding not only in East Baton Rouge Parish but throughout Louisiana. HB 691, which is awaiting the governor’s signature, requires the state to establish a comprehensive statewide floodplain management plan to be established by […]

Over the years I’ve written many stories. This one is the most difficult I’ve ever written. The past two years have changed my life forever. A life threatening illness and the devastating flood of August 2016. That flood forever changed the face of Central, Greenwell Springs and our surrounding areas. Lives were changed, never to […]

More than 150 students from the Baton Rouge area competed in the Pelican Chapter Associated Builders and Contractors Craft Competition April 6.  Central High swept the welding competition. The welding team of Tyler Adams, Landon Foretich, and Blake Olinde placed first in the welding team competition. Landon Foretich placed first, Blake Olinde placed second, and […]

Joseph Schopp of Central High has signed with Baton Rouge Community College to play baseball for the Bears next season. The signing took place in the school’s Library with family, teammates, and friends in attendance. Joseph will join former teammate Dayton Guercio, a pitcher at BRCC. Joseph is a three year starter at shortstop for […]

Sometimes the extent of a man’s life is so vast that even those closest to him have no idea what that man has been up to all these years. Such is the story of James David, owner with his wife Jeannie of David’s Mobil and Dairy Queen on Hooper Road in Central.  Of course, Jeannie […]

The media smells blood in the Potomac River. They sense the President they hate could be removed from office. Never mind that he won a landslide, winning electoral votes in 31 states. The media hate the President’s agenda and they hate that he defied their wishes and expectations by winning last November. What has happened […]

Central High School graduated 310 students Tuesday night during ceremonies held on the campus of Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond. It was the largest graduating class since the creation of the Central Community School System in 2007 and the first time graduation was held at SLU. Among those honored were Valedictorian Caitlin Stevens and Salutatorian […]

Central businessman Shawn Parker, former manager of distribution technology for DEMCO, has announced his candidacy for the DEMCO Board of Directors in the April 20 mail ballot to be sent to DEMCO customers. Parker and his wife own The Spectacle, an optical company in the City of Central. The district includes DEMCO customers in East […]

DEMCO CEO and General Manager John Vranic has been named Cooperative Leader of the Year for 2016 by the Louisiana Council of Farmer Cooperatives (LCFC). LCFC President Billy Gibson said Vranic received the honor primarily in recognition of his exemplary response to the Baton Rouge area flood of August 2016. The flood not only caused […]