Central City News

Saturday, November 16 Jambalaya Benefit 11 a.m. to  2 p.m. There will be a jambalaya benefit dinner for Central residents Rusty and Susan Jacobs. Susan has been diagnosed with ALS and Rusty is a disabled veteran and has been diagnosed with Chronic Debilitating Peripheral Neuropathy. The cost is $7 per dinner. There will be drive-thru […]

ST. ALPHONSUS — Parishioners of St. Alphonsus Church in Central visiting St. Alphonsus Church in Rome, Italy, during tour.

BATON ROUGE — South Baton Rouge will go to the polls on Saturday, Nov. 16 to choose a new Justice of the Peace for the area. The Nov. 16 election will be a runoff between Jerry Arbour and Larry Spencer, both Republicans, who are seeking to fill the unexpired term of Ms. Melva Cavanaugh, who […]

Central’s April 5, 2014, municipal elections are already underway.  Central voters will elect a mayor, five city council members, and a police chief. Mayoral candidates Jr. Shelton and Dave Freneaux have already put up campaign signs along Central’s major thoroughfares, and they are busy campaigning and raising money. Shelton narrowly lost the race for mayor […]

“LIVES THAT WILL NEVER RUST” The remarkable love story of Col. James Hamilton Beard and his family — Hero at the Battle of Mansfield — Last major Confederate victory by Danny Brown (Softcover: $12; Oct. 16, 2013) BIC Media Solutions, a sister company of BIC Alliance, “LIVES THAT WILL NEVER RUST” is the true story […]

BATON ROUGE HIGH GRADUATE: ONE OF MOST DECORATED PILOTS of the Vietnam War.  Col. Gordon Jenkins, 1960 graduate of Baton Rouge High and 1965 graduate of LSU, flew more than 140 combat missions over North Vietnam and was honored with two Silver Stars, three Distinguished Flying Crosses, and 15 Air Medals.  He flew the F-105 […]

Nearly 4,000 Central students, parents, teachers, and administrators gathered at Wildcat Stadium Tuesday night to celebrate the Central Community School System’s being rated as an ‘A’ school system for the second straight year. The district celebrated accomplishments in Academics, Athletics, Arts and Awareness from the community.  They also had a lot of fun doing it!  […]

The Baton Rouge Lawyers Chapter of the Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy got off to a spectacular start last month. The first-ever meeting of the organization was hosted at the Governor’s Mansion by Gov. Bobby Jindal.  The main speaker for the sold-out event was United States Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia. More […]

Spc. Dylan David, U.S. Army, had been stationed in Afghanistan since January 2013 but arrived home in early October to his bride of two and a half years, Kristin Rogillio David. The first thing Dylan did was surprise his three brothers-in-law — at their schools. All three young men have a special place in their […]

The Central Community School Board is asking voters to approve a proposition on Nov. 16 that will allow the school district to borrow up to $13.1 million for a list of dedicated school improvements and expansions. The budgeted items include: •    Construction of a 9th Grade Academy ($5.82 million) •    Repair of Central High School’s […]