Central City News

Despite strict rules that the questions asked the candidates for Mayor of Central at the March 6 televised debate be kept confidential, mayoral candidate Dave Freneaux not only knew in advance some of the questions that would be asked but actually wrote those questions himself. The fact that Freneaux wrote some of the questions has […]

READ CENTRAL CITY NEWS FOR MARCH 2014. TOP STORIES IN CENTRAL CITY NEWS: • GOP Backs Jr. Shelton for Mayor: Candidate Described as Man of Character with Positive Plan • James Salsbury Endorsed for Chief of Police • Republican Party Backs Six Candidates for City Council — Shane Evans, Dr. Kim Fralick, Wayne Messina, Harry Rauls, John Vance, […]

Louisiana Strong, the conservative action group formed as a counter balance to leftist groups such as Together Baton Rouge, will hold a workshop on how to lobby your legislators this Saturday, March 8. The main speaker will be Scott McKay, publisher of TheHayride.com, who is also known as the poet laureate of politics. Other speakers […]

Michael Hay and Michelle Lavergne of Zachary are proud to announce the birth of their triplets, Hallie Morgan Hay, Hadden Michael Hay and Harper Mae Hay. The triplets arrived at 1:03 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 21, 2013, at Woman’s Hospital in Baton Rouge. Hallie weighed four pounds and 11 ounces and measured 17-3/4 inches long. […]

Steven and Megan (Legendre) Jenny of Central are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Elliott Claire. She was born Dec. 17, 2013, at Woman’s Hospital in Baton Rouge at 4:23 a.m. She weighed seven pounds, 10 ounces and was 19 inches long. She was welcomed by her big sister, Harper, and her grandparents, […]

Elena Leigh Hartlage of Baton Rouge and Reeve Daniel Legendre of Greenwell Springs will marry in a 7 p.m. ceremony May 23 at St. Agnes Catholic Church in Baton Rouge. The bride-elect is the daughter of Phyllis Babin Hartlage of Baton Rouge. She is the granddaughter of Ethel Maraist Babin of Baton Rouge and the […]

Courtenay Anne Cupit and Ryan Dale Phillips both of Pride, will marry in a 7 p.m. ceremony April 5, 2014, at Forrest Grove Plantation in Denham Springs. The bride-elect is the daughter of Rex and Linda Cupit of Pride. She is the granddaughter of Anne Fleming and the late Richard Arlen Fleming of Pride and […]

Can you or an organization you represent save the Old Central Girls Gym?  It may cost several hundred thousand dollars. The Central Community School System is currently advertising for the demolition of several buildings on the old Central Middle School site. One of the buildings is the Old Girls Gym.  Before the school board considers […]

The effort last week to target Central Mayor Pro-Tem Ralph Washington and have him removed from the April 5 election ballot is something many in Central are still contemplating. Why was he targeted for supposedly failing to pay a questionable $100 fine from the Board of Ethics for late filing of a campaign finance report […]

The Republican Women of Central held a candidates’ forum at the Central High Auditorium on Monday, Feb. 17. They heard from one candidate for Mayor, one candidate for Police Chief, and nine candidates for City Council. The other candidates had other conflicting events. Despite instructions to candidates to keep it positive and not attack their […]