Central City News

Devon Gales, who was seriously injured while playing for Southern University against Georgia on Sept. 26, 2015, will be honored Saturday during the Central Christmas Parade. Mayor Jr. Shelton will ride with  Gales’ father, Donny  Gales, and stepmom Tanisha Gales, who teachs at Central High. After the parade, jambalaya and gumbo from Mike Anderson’s will […]

“10-0! It’s a surreal feeling!” exclaimed former Central Wildcat Zach Hetrick, as he held the 2015 Sunbelt Championship trophy after McNeese’s win over Lamar. Now, the 2nd Team All-Conference tight end will wait with his teammates for their first playoff opponent. Those who missed McNeese State’s Southland Conference-clinching win over Sam Houston State three weeks […]

Louisiana voters are wondering what the election of Rep. John Bel Edwards, a Democrat, as governor will mean to the future of the state.  During the recent gubernatorial campaign, Edwards’ Republican opponent, Sen. David Vitter, described Edwards as a left-wing Democrat in the mold of President Barack Obama.  For his part, Edwards denied that comparison […]

“The house of delusions is cheap to build but drafty to live in, and ready at any instant to fall.” — A. E. Housman If we are going to learn from the recent election and not repeat our mistakes in the future, we have to be honest with ourselves and not blindly repeat our own […]

Former Central Police Chief Doug Browning, 73, died Tuesday after a bout with leukemia.  After 34 years in the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office, where he rose to the rank of captain, Browning was appointed in 2005 as the first police chief of the new City of Central.  He won election to the post shortly […]

Central High grad Robby Miller made history Nov. 21 by being elected President of Tangipahoa Parish — only the second person ever to hold that office.  Miller has lived in Tangipahoa since enrolling in SLU in the early 1980’s. On Saturday, Nov. 21, the voters of Tangipahoa Parish went into new territory, electing a local […]

The 29th Annual Central Christmas Parade will excite children and adults when it begins at 10 a.m. this Saturday, Dec. 5.  It will start at the corner of Hooper and Joor roads and head south on Joor, ending at Lovett Road. More than 4,000 spectators are expected.  They will see more than 50 floats, vehicles, […]