Central City News

By Woody Jenkins, Editor • A single mom who recently purchased Firehouse BBQ in Watson is in a David-vs.-Goliath battle with Gov. John Bel Edwards, who wants her restaurant closed. Edwards wants her to forcibly eject customers who don’t mask. However, Danielle Bunch says she has no intention to close her popular restaurant. Ms. Bunch attracted […]

Central voters will go to the polls this Saturday to consider whether to renew a 23.65-mill property tax originally passed in 2009 to construct the Central School Complex, which houses Central Intermediate School and Central Middle School. The renewal would extend the tax by 20 years and provide funding to rebuild Central High School and […]

By Woody Jenkins, Editor • This Saturday, Aug. 15, voters in Central, Baker, Zachary, and Sherwood Forest will go to the polls to choose a new district judge between conservative former Army Capt. Tiffany Foxworth and liberal City Judge Yvette Alexander.  Foxworth is pro-life, pro-family, pro-traditional marriage, pro-gun, a crime-fighter, pro-military and pro-veteran.  She rose from private […]

By Woody Jenkins, Editor • In late July, a group of physicians calling themselves America’s Frontline Doctors held a news conference on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington to discuss their experience in treating Covid19. The group explained their success with patients in the early stages of the disease, where they said […]

By Woody Jenkins, Editor • The governor’s Emergency Powers under La. R.S. 29:721 et seq are much more limited than he has told the public.  Since March 2020, Gov. John Bel Edwards has issued more than two dozen Emergency Orders, which have been presented by the news media as valid and lawful. Few if any have […]

By Woody Jenkins, Editor • THAT FOOL GOVERNOR SAYS NO DANCING — Yes, our fool Democrat governor has a new one: No dancing!  Add that to no singing, no hand shaking, no hugging, no funerals, no visiting your dying mother in the hospital.  “A video recently posted on Facebook shows couples dancing inside a Lafayette restaurant. […]

Both the Louisiana Supreme Court and the Metro Council of East Baton Rouge Parish have tried to curb the international travel at taxpayer expense of Baton Rouge City Court Judge Yvette Alexander.  However, so far, they have failed to stop her worldwide escapades. On Jan. 16, 2014, the Advocate carried this article by Rebecca Allen. […]

July 15, 2020 OPINION 20-0068 La. R.S. 29: 721, et seq.  La. R.S. 29: 760, et seq.   Conclusion: Certain provisions of 89 JBE 2020 may be unconstitutional and unenforceable.  Dear Reps. Bagley, Beaullieu, Edmonds, Horton, Miguez, Owen, Seabaugh, and Senator Mills: We received your requests for Attorney General Opinions and/or inquiries related to mask […]

The Central City News and other community newspapers published by Community Press, LLC, once again dominated the Better Newspaper Awards competition conducted by the 110 newspapers of the Louisiana Press Association. The Central City News group, which also includes the Istrouma Journal in North Baton Rouge and the St. George Leader in the new City […]

Blake and Lauren Huval along with big sister Sage Huval are proud to announce the birth of their second child, a girl, Rilye James Huval.  She was born at 12:09 p.m. on May 20, 2020, at Woman’s Hospital in Baton Rouge. Rilye weighted 7 pounds and 11 ounces and was 20 inches long.  Proud grandparents […]