Central City News

There is an old saying, “time flies when you’re having a good time”. Well, 10 years have flown by for the City of Central and there have definitely been some good times. From the beginning, our city planners used forward thinking  for the future of our city. The efforts of many people helped steer Central […]

Hurricane Katrina was the worst tropical storm to hit Louisiana since the 1960’s but here in Central, the worst was Hurricane Gustav which hit Central in 2008, bringing winds of 90 miles an hour, very heavy rain, and flooding of the Comite River.  When Katrina and Gustav are compared, Gustav actually did 10 times more […]

The idea of incorporating the City of Central began at least as early as 1973 when the delegates to the Louisiana Constitutional Convention negated a provision of the City-Parish Plan of Government that prohibited the creation of any new cities in East Baton Rouge Parish.  But it wasn’t until Russell Starns and a hardy band […]

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