Central City News

The demolition of buildings at the old Central Middle School at the corner of Hooper and Sullivan roads is nearly complete.  All of the buildings targeted for removal are now down except the 6th Grade Building, which should be down by Friday, according to Supt. Mike Faulk. It will take another week for all of the […]

CENTRAL HIGH HOMECOMING festivities will be held Friday, Sept. 26 and Saturday, Sept. 27. The Wildcats will host McKinley at 7 p.m. on Friday, and the Homecoming Dance will be held from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. on Saturday. Students attending the dance will have to follow strict dress guidelines. Seewww.centralcss.org. Quarterback Tyler Sansone created a sensation […]

Defending District 4-5A champion Central High (2-0) begins a five-game run that will test its mettle Friday, when the Wildcats travel to Jesuit in New Orleans. After that, Central will face, in succession, McKinley, Scotlandville, Denham Springs, and Zachary. Jesuit, ranked No. 8 in State 5A football, is “the real deal,” according to Wildcats head […]

City Park in N.O. Will Be Setting for Shootout Between Central and Jesuit. The Central Wildcat football team and Wildcat fans will enjoy their only out-of-town game of the regular season this weekend when Central travels to New Orleans to face the Jesuit Blue Jays. Coach Sid Edwards, who coached at Jesuit for one year, said the Central […]

Mr. and Mrs. Bill Boss of Bentonville, Ark. would like to announce the engagement of their daughter, Erin Elizabeth, to Mr. James Christian Campbell. The couple will be married in Fayetteville, Arkansas, on Sunday, October 19, 2014, at The Garden Room. The bride-elect is the daughter of Bill and Diane Boss of Bentonville. Maternal grandparents […]

Sarah Elizabeth DeJean and Cody Lane Hunt both of Central will marry in a 7 p.m., October 11 ceremony at WhiteOak Plantation in Baton Rouge. The bride-elect is the daughter of Terry and Tracy Rook of Central and Bobby and Joan DeJean of Prairieville. She is the granddaughter of Aaron and Annette Tassin of Denham […]

Mallory Nicole Gregoire of Pride, and Kyle Joseph Chastant of Zachary will marry at Zoar Baptist Church at 6 p.m. in the evening on October 11, 2014. The bride-elect is the daughter of Keith and Roxane Gregoire of Pride. She is the granddaughter of Sonny and Jackie Gregoire of Baker, and Fred and Judith Roberts […]

Rocky and Donna McCartney of Central have been called as Church Educational System (CES) Missionaries for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. They will serve for 23 months in the Russia-na-Donu Mission, working with the youth in the Volgograd area. They will join the 83,000 missionaries currently serving full-time missions throughout the world […]

The Central Private Rebels return to action this Friday, hosting Trinity Episcopal School of Natchez in a Mississippi Association of Independent Schools game.  The game starts at 7 p.m. Central Private plays its schedule two weeks ahead of schools in the Louisiana High School Athletic Association.  So it has already played in a jamboree and […]

Volunteers working to incorporate the proposed City of St. George and create a new independent school district for Southeast Baton Rouge announced a few days ago that they have more than the 17,045 signatures required to put the proposal on the election ballot for residents of St. George to decide.  However, they plan to work […]