Central City News

BATON ROUGE — Community Press,   LLC, today begins publication of the Capital City News, a community newspaper, on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of each month. The Capital City News will publish news of parishwide interest with a particular emphasis on South Baton Rouge and the City of Central.  Circulation will be 20,000 copies, […]

By Elizabeth Dent Baton Rouge has so many treasures, including generational businesses that have survived over the years, sometimes started by a grandfather or a father, and decades later their daughters, sons, and their children continue in the tradition they established those many years ago. One such business is Willie & Willie Contractors founded in […]

BATON ROUGE — The East Baton Rouge School Board could approve $15 million in additional property taxes without a vote of the people at a 5 p.m. meeting tonight at the school board office on South Foster Drive. The board could by-pass voters by “rolling forward” property taxes.  It would mean an additional $3.7 million […]

BATON ROUGE — Integrity Glass Works offers a vast range of services from custom heavy shower doors to automobile windshields to all glass needs in the highest quality residential and commercial construction projects. Need a customized mirror for your home? Choose from a lavish selection of frames.  If you don’t find the frame you are […]

BATON ROUGE — Events coming up in and around the capital area: Thursday, August 16 • CCF Coffee Hour • 7 p.m. Central High graduate and Greenwell Springs resident Max Davis will be the guest speaker at the Central Cultural Foundation’s Coffee Hour at Central Perk, 6691 Sullivan Road.  Mr. Davis has published 20+ books […]

by Woody Jenkins GREENWELL SPRINGS — After 13 years as pastor at Greenwell Springs Baptist Church, Dr. Dennis Terry has decided to take up a calling as pastor of a new church in Alabama.  “I felt God was leading me in a new direction, and my wife and I have a peace that we are doing […]

BATON ROUGE— LSU All-American and Heisman Trophy winner Billy Cannon led a group of 35 Louisiana Sports Legends honored at a banquet at the Lod Cook Center at LSU last month. The event was sponsored by BIC magazine, which has published Louisiana Sports Legends and Heroes. Cannon led the 1958 LSU Tigers to a national […]

BATON ROUGE — Several weeks ago, gay rights organizations announced a nationwide boycott of Chick-fil-A restaurants after the restaurant chain’s CEO said he favors traditional marriage. That led the newly-formed Chamber of Commerce of East Baton Rouge Parish to declare Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012, as Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day in Baton Rouge.  The result was an […]

Republican Party Endorses Mike Walker For Mayor-President Against Kip Holden BATON ROUGE — The Republican Party of East Baton Rouge Tuesday announced its endorsement of Mike Walker for Mayor-President in the Nov. 6 election.  The announcement was made by parish vice chairman Connie Bernard at the party’s Ronald Reagan Newsmaker Luncheon. Bernard said Walker answered […]

In 1963, That Auditorium Filled with 1,200 Bulldogs Was the One Place in the World I Didn’t Want to Be by Woody Jenkins, Editor BATON ROUGE — On Monday, Baton Rouge Magnet High School principal Nanette McCann gave me a tour of the newly-renovated and greatly-expanded high school on Government Street. We were joined by East Baton Rouge […]