Central City News

Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Lynn Onstead (Kathryn Duke) celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Friday, April 21.  They were married at Winbourne Avenue Baptist Church in Baton Rouge in 1973.  They had an anniversary dinner celebration given by their children at Drusilla Seafood.  They have three children, Jason Onstead (Delphine), Lauryn Onstead, Sarah Guagliardo (Daniel), […]

Mr. and Mrs. Randall and Eunice Stafford of Ponchatoula are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Stephanie Michelle Stafford, to Justin Paul LaFleur, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mark and Jackie LaFleur of Central. Stephanie is the granddaughter of Joyce Stafford and the late Joe Stafford of Hammond, LA, and Petra Borgo and […]

The Central High School Class of 1962 celebrated their 60-year class reunion. The Class of 1962 had 22 classmates attend its reunion Saturday, April 23, 2022, at Duke’s Seafood & Steakhouse on Hwy. 16 in Watson.  Shown left to right on bottom row are Wanda Browning Christy, Janet Rowland Anderson, Jo Ann Primm Gross, Judy […]

Family and close friends gathered to celebrate year 101 for Eleanor “Buddy” Mondart Walker. Eleanor was born Sept. 26, 1920 in Magnolia, Louisiana, later known as Greenwell Springs. She has been a loving wife, mother, grandmother, aunt, and friend for now over 101 years.  Her parents were Haney Guy and Mattie Forbes Mondart. She is […]

Surely the Presence of the Lord was felt at the lovely outdoor wedding of Kevin Michael Smith of Mendenhall, MS and Jessica Suzanne McCallum of Central, LA, on July 10, 2021. The 6 p.m. ceremony was held on the front porch at the home of Brenda and Bruce Smith, parents of the groom, in Brookhaven, […]

KATHLEEN SNYDER TURNS 100 –– Kathleen Snyder was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland on July 24, 1921. She came to Louisiana through Ellis Island as a war bride. Her career was in nursing and she spent many years serving both locally and nationally representing nurses and better education for them all. She has been a […]

 Tyler Blaine Torina, a 2010 graduate of Central High School, graduated on May 15, 2021 as a general surgeon.  Torina’s undergraduate degree was obtained in 2014 from LSU where he studied kinesiology. In 2017, he moved to Fort Smith, Arkansas, where he attended medical school at the Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine.  Dr. Torina will […]

Mr. and Mrs. Brett and Mona Terrebonne of Destrehan, Louisiana, are proud to announce the engagement of their daughter Macy Lynn Terrebonne to Jeremy Mark La-Fleur, son of Mark and Jackie LaFleur of Central. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Mrs. Thelma Terrebonne and the late Mr. Jimmy Terrebonne of Boutte, Louisiana, and the late […]

 Gary and Marianne Chapman celebrated 60 years of marriage Saturday evening February 13, with a family gathering at the home of their oldest son, Gary Chapman Jr. in Baker.  Family was present including grandchildren Jason and Misty (Chapman) Regan, Kevin and Heather (Chapman) Accord, and great-grandchildren Nannette and Annabelle Regan and Jackson Accord.  The event […]

Central Intermediate fourth grader Rylan Tranchina harvested her first deer in Livingston on Nov. 1 at 5:11 in the evening at a distance of 102 yards The deer weighed in at 115 pounds.