Central City News

I’m always soamazed when someone says a particular thing is going to happen or a certain candidate is going to be elected or a certain calamity is about to befall us.  One of the things I’ve learned in life is that no can predict the future with any accuracy and that what seems so certain […]

More than 4,600 students are expected to attend their first day of class next Thursday, Aug. 13, when school opens for the new school year in Central. On Monday, Aug. 10, teachers will meet for their annual Back to School convocation.  That event will begin at 8 a.m. at Greenwell Springs Baptist Church. Dr. Dennis Swanberg […]

Sen. David Vitter brought his campaign for Governor to Central last month when he participated in 10th Anniversary Celebration at Lovett Road park. Vitter is leading in the polls and in fundraising on the eve of the Oct. 24 primary. Also campaigning here was PSC Commissioner Scott Angelle, who spoke to voters at a reception at Central […]

The Central Community School System’s new 9th Grade Academy will open next Thursday, Aug. 13 on the campus of Central High School. The new facility has 14 classrooms, four science labs, and two technology labs in 35,000 square feet. It has a capacity for 360 students. The new facility was financed with a bond issue […]

The City of Central has won praise from the Louisiana Municipal Association for the city’s new Mobile Command Center developed by Police Chief James Salsbury with the help of Mayor Jr. Shelton, members of the City Council, and local businesses. The Command Center will allow the city government and particularly law enforcement to operate “off […]

TOP STORIES IN CENTRAL CITY NEWS • Ready for an Emergency: City of Central Honored by LMA for Mobile Command Post • Sen. Vitter Campaigns for Governor in Central • Central High School Football Schedule • Country Living in the City: What Seems So Certain Seldom Is That Way • GOP Endorses Nine Incumbents – […]

*Interpretive Ranger at Port Hudson State Historic Site The story of the 9th Battalion Louisiana Infantry begins at the capitol building on January 26, 1861, the day that fateful, irrevocable decision was made when Louisiana severed it’s connections with the United States. By a vote of 113 to 17 the convention declared Louisiana to be […]

Once again, Central City News editor Woody Jenkins has won some of the top awards given each year by the Louisiana Press Association, which represents 110 of the state’s daily and weekly newspapers. This year Jenkins scored a first by winning three of the LPA’s most prestigious awards in three quite different areas of journalism.  […]

The Central City News, which is published by Community Press, LLC, dominated the Better Newspaper Awards competition at this year’s Louisiana Press Association annual convention in New Orleans. The Central paper won both the Advertising Sweepstakes and the Editorial Sweepstakes, meaning that it won more awards that any other newspaper in the state in each […]

For the second straight year, the Capital City News won the Louisiana Press Association’s highest award for community journalism — 1st Place for General Excellence. This award takes into account the newspaper’s news coverage, photography, editorial comment, layout, advertising, and all other factors. More than 110 daily and weekly newspapers and specialty publications are eligible […]