Central City News

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 […]

Metro Councilmen Buddy Amoroso and Dwight Hudson have called on Council on Aging Executive Director Tasha Clark Amar, daughter of politically powerful District Judge Janice Clark, to resign after a new scandal has hit Clark Amar and the COA. Amoroso and Hudson were reacting to charges by Tracie Davis and Dan Freeman, who say Clark […]

Local high school students Megan Dedon, a home-schooler; Joseph Howard of Zachary High School; Rain Scott-Catoire of Central High School,  and Lisa Taylor of St. Joseph’s Academy each won an all-expense paid trip this coming June, to Washington, D.C. They were the four winners of the 40th Annual DEMCO Rural Electric Youth Tour Essay Contest. […]

In a parish that is only 51 percent white in registered voters, East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney Hillar Moore thinks it is essential that all segments of the community be represented in the DA’s office.  It’s essential to build trust, he told the Ronald Reagan Newsmaker Luncheon meeting at Café Américain. “Nationally, only four […]

In July 2015, the Sumich family, which owns Oak Point Fresh Market, acquired the shopping center where their supermarket is located at the corner of Greenwell Springs and Sullivan roads. Last summer, the family began a renovation program for not only their own store but every retail space in the shopping center. Family spokesman Lindsey […]

Seven months after a devastating flood wrecked havoc on the campus of Central Private School, classes have resumed and things are returning to normal. Central Mayor Jr. Shelton cut the ribbon for the newly-renovated campus off Gurney Road and had praise for the parents, teachers, administrators, and school board who worked tirelessly to reopen the […]

Tragedy came to the parish again in March when another local police officer was killed in the line of duty. East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Lt. Shawn Anderson was shot to death while trying to question a rape suspect.  The shooter also died. Law enforcement officers from across the state and nation, along with thousands […]

Central Mayor Jr. Shelton will interview three contractors this week who are vying to put more “boots on the ground” clearing drainage choke points that have been identified since the August flood by CSRS. IBTS director David Ratclif said his firm has already walked and cleared from 60 to 70 miles of canals and ditches […]