Central City News

In choosing a Mayor-President,  our newspaper is looking for the candidate who can give confidence to our citizens that East Baton Rouge Parish has a future — that we will not become another New Orleans or Detroit.  We want a Mayor-President who will end the exodus of hard-working, middle income families to surrounding parishes and […]

On Friday, Sept. 30, Charles and Cristal Hebert, owners of American Farmhouse restaurant in Central, were involved in a tragic automobile accident on their way to visit friends in North Carolina. Charles was killed, and Cristal was badly injured. The accident occurred on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, and Cristal was taken to a hospital in […]

FEMA has released a list of 1,000 homes in Central which the federal agency estimates to have sustained “substantial damage” during historic flooding in August.  To view list, go to centralcitynews.us. “Substantial damage” means the home lost more than 50 percent of its value as a result of the flood. A home in Zones A […]

By Woody Jenkins, Editor, Central City News — CITY OF CENTRAL, Louisiana — FEMA has released a list of nearly 1,000 homes in Central which the federal agency estimates to have sustained “substantial damage” during flooding August 12.  To view list, click here: https://centralcitynews.us/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/COC-50-100-ADDRESS-Alphabetical.xls “Substantial damage” means the home lost more than 50 percent of its […]

Mrs. Olive Mullins Campbell has recently moved from her home on Hooper Road behind the Greenwell Springs Post Office to Williamsburg Senior Living Community at 5445 Government St. in Baton Rouge. Mrs. Campbell lived in Central, or more specifically Greenwell Springs for 75 years, since her parents moved from Baywood to Roundsaville Road in 1941.  […]

David Barrow, Chief Administrative Officer for former Central Mayor Mac Watts, and two Central women were issued citations for criminal mischief after a surveillance tape showed the women “rolling” Central City Hall with toilet paper.  Barrow allegedly drove the vehicle, which also appeared in the videotape. Allison Kesner and Alexandra Peairs along with Barrow were given […]

Central Community School System announces centralized registration for the upcoming 2016-2017 school year.  Registration started June 6  at the Central Community School System Office located at 10510 Joor Road, Suite 300, Baton Rouge 70818. You can register your child Monday and Wednesday 8 to 11 a.m., however you must be signed in by 10:45 a.m. […]

The staff of Community Press, LLC, publishers of the Capital City News and Central City News, was honored at the 136th Annual Convention of the Louisiana Press Association in Lake Charles Saturday, June 18. The newspapers received some of journalism’s top awards at the state level. Most important was First Place in the General Excellence […]

The eyes of the world have been on Baton Rouge for the past week. We have been on television, in the newspaper, and all over the Internet. The media have wrongly presented our city as a violent, hostile place.  If you have family from outside Baton Rouge, you’ve probably gotten concerned calls asking “Are you […]

Rep. Ted James and businessman Cleve Dunn, Jr. addressed the Ronald Reagan Newsmaker Luncheon Tuesday on behalf of black leaders who want to keep protests in Baton Rouge peaceful and constructive. Dunn said, “We’ve seen others tear down their communities, and we want to  make sure that doesn’t happen here. We’ve been on the ground […]