Central City News

Country Music: Radio Format That’s Uniquely All-American by Woody Jenkins, Editor BATON ROUGE — While classical music, opera, and  rock and roll are worldwide phenomena, country music is uniquely an American invention. Country music is “Made in the USA!” and country music fans love the Red, White, and Blue. In 1962, a crusty conservative businessman […]

CENTRAL — Central businessman Barry Ivey, 33, won election to the Louisiana House from House District 65 in a Special Election Saturday.  Ivey earned 53 percent to 47 percent for Metro Councilman Scott Wilson. The vote total was 2,202 for Ivey and 1,953 for Wilson. Ivey carried all but three precincts.  He won a majority […]

GOP Is Governed by 17-Member Committee Elected by Republicans BATON ROUGE — Under state law, the Republican Party in each parish is governed by a Parish Executive Committee, or PEC, which is elected by the Republican voters of the parish at the time of the state’s Presidential Primary every four years. In East Baton Rouge […]

HAPPY 65th ANNIVERSARY — Henry and Beverly Engels celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary on Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013, at their home in Central.

CENTRAL — Events coming up in and around Central: February 28 through March 2 • LSU Book Bazaar The annual Friends of the LSU Libraries’ 2013 Book Bazaar will be held on Thursday, Feb. 28 through Saturday, March 2 at the 4-H Mini-Farm and Nelson Memorial Buildings at LSU.  Hours of operation for the event […]

Bentley Bryan Canales Our beautiful baby Bentley Bryan Lorenzo Canales went to be with Jesus on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013.  He was 2-1/2 months old.  Visitation was at Seale Funeral Home in Denham Springs on Sunday, Feb. 10 with burial service to follow.  He is survived by his parents, Kayle Morris and Cristian Canales; grandparents, […]

ZACHARY — Jimmy Hugh Vail turned 80 on Jan. 13, 2013. The celebration took place at the Seventh-Day Adventist Church on Old Scenic Highway in Zachary.  Mr. Vail helped build the church, where he attends regularly and serves as an ordained Deacon. Everyone was able to keep his birthday party a true surprise until he […]

Mike and Blaine Allen of Central are proud to announce the birth of their son, Gage Michael. He was welcomed home by big sisters, Grace and Lexie. Gage was born on Jan. 21, 2013, at 7:54 a.m. at Lane Regional Medical Center. He weighed seven pounds, six ounces and was 20 inches long. Grandparents are […]

Andrew and Molly DeJean of Central are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Jolie Harper. Jolie was born Jan. 2, 2013, at 7:45 p.m. at Woman’s Hospital.  She weighed seven pounds, six ounces, and was 21-1/4 inches long. Proud grandparents are Jeff and Kathy Finley of Denham Springs, Terry and Tracy Rook of […]

Jody and Arica Lavigne of Central are proud to announce the birth of their first son, Jaxon McDaniel. Jaxon was born at 5:42 p.m. on Jan. 15, 2013, at Ochsner Hospital in Baton Rouge.  He weighed six pounds, nine ounces, and was 19 inches long. Proud grandparens are Alvin and Marie Lavigne of Ville Platte, […]