Central City News

The Central Fire Department was established in 1972 and currently operates from five fire stations.   These stations cover over 60 square miles, respond to 2,500 calls for service per year, protecting 35,000 people and 10,800 homes and businesses, with a value over 1.5 billion dollars. Fire stations are staffed by a total of eight firefighters […]

Voters in Central reelected three incumbent members of the Central Community School Board Tuesday, keeping the seven-member school board intact, despite a spirited challenge. Central school board member and former board chairman Sharon Browning was the leading vote-getter.  She won 72 percent of the votes in District 7 against Felicia Braud, who received 28 percent.  […]

District Judge Mike Caldwell faces his most serious challenge in 18 years on the bench from Baton Rouge attorney Randy Piedrahita. Piedrahita has criticized Caldwell for refusing to hear criminal cases for 17 of the past 18 years and carrying a light load of civil cases.  He says the state Constitution and the backlog of […]

Former State Rep. Tony Perkins, now president of the Family Research Council hosted an old-fashioned political rally last Saturday at his home on Liberty Road in the rural community of Pride, LA, just north of Central. Perkins welcomed the crowd and encouraged them to vote and get their friends to vote in the Nov. 4. […]

The Capital City News and Central City News are making endorsements on the following propositions on the Tuesday, Nov. 4 election ballot: Constitutional Amendments • No. 1 – To create Medical Assistance Trust Fund – NO • No. 2 – To create Hospital Stabilization Fund – NO • No. 3 – Sales of property seized […]

With the primary election scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 4, the national election is focused on the battle between Democrats and Republicans, but that is not the case here in East Baton Rouge Parish.  In this parish, most districts are either heavily Democratic or heavily Republican.  Only in a minority of districts do Democrats and Republicans […]

The Louisiana Department of Education has awarded the Central Community School System an A rating for the third straight year. Central earned a District Performance Score of 108.2, making it the third highest rank among Louisiana’s 69 school systems. But in the fine print of the DOE rankings were many achievements of the Central school […]

Voters in Central will face a relatively long election ballot on Tuesday, Nov. 4 with candidates for offices ranging from school board to U.S. Senate, as well as 14 state constitutional amendments and a parishwide tax measure on mosquito control. In Central, the only local offices on the ballot are three seats on the Central Community School Board. Three […]

Central’s Fall Festivals October 31, 2014 6 to 8 p.m. • Zoar Baptist Church, corner Hooper and Joor roads, will have games, hot air balloon, and inflatables, and hot dogs and chips will be served. • Greenwell Springs Baptist Church, 19421 Greenwell Springs Rd., will have games, face painting, hayrides, horse rides, a maze, and […]

Former Rep. Tony Perkins, who represented Central in the state House from 1996 to 2004, has endorsed Col. Rob Maness for the United States Senate in the Nov. 4 primary. Maness was one of the candidates Perkins honored at an old-fashioned political rally at his home off Liberty Road in Pride Saturday.  More than 250 residents […]