Central City News

Steven and Megan (Legendre) Jenny of Central are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Elliott Claire. She was born Dec. 17, 2013, at Woman’s Hospital in Baton Rouge at 4:23 a.m. She weighed seven pounds, 10 ounces and was 19 inches long. She was welcomed by her big sister, Harper, and her grandparents, […]

Elena Leigh Hartlage of Baton Rouge and Reeve Daniel Legendre of Greenwell Springs will marry in a 7 p.m. ceremony May 23 at St. Agnes Catholic Church in Baton Rouge. The bride-elect is the daughter of Phyllis Babin Hartlage of Baton Rouge. She is the granddaughter of Ethel Maraist Babin of Baton Rouge and the […]

Courtenay Anne Cupit and Ryan Dale Phillips both of Pride, will marry in a 7 p.m. ceremony April 5, 2014, at Forrest Grove Plantation in Denham Springs. The bride-elect is the daughter of Rex and Linda Cupit of Pride. She is the granddaughter of Anne Fleming and the late Richard Arlen Fleming of Pride and […]

Can you or an organization you represent save the Old Central Girls Gym?  It may cost several hundred thousand dollars. The Central Community School System is currently advertising for the demolition of several buildings on the old Central Middle School site. One of the buildings is the Old Girls Gym.  Before the school board considers […]

The effort last week to target Central Mayor Pro-Tem Ralph Washington and have him removed from the April 5 election ballot is something many in Central are still contemplating. Why was he targeted for supposedly failing to pay a questionable $100 fine from the Board of Ethics for late filing of a campaign finance report […]

The Republican Women of Central held a candidates’ forum at the Central High Auditorium on Monday, Feb. 17. They heard from one candidate for Mayor, one candidate for Police Chief, and nine candidates for City Council. The other candidates had other conflicting events. Despite instructions to candidates to keep it positive and not attack their […]

Gridlock. That’s what Washington and the nation face with divided government. An unpopular President of one party.  The Senate in his party’s hands.  The House firmly in the hands of the other party. It is bitter and acrimonious, and nothing gets done. Unfortunately, that’s the way Central’s government has become too. Two sides who fight […]

Qualifying opened on Wednesday, Feb. 12 for candidates seeking to run in Central’s municipal elections, which are scheduled for Saturday, April 5.  Clerk of Court Doug Welborn accepted papers from Central candidates on the first day of qualifying.  By 12 noon, 14 candidates had qualified for Mayor, Police Chief, and five seats on the Central […]

Two-term City Councilman Aaron Moak will seek reelection to the governing body of the state’s 13th-largest city in the April 5 election. “After eight years of service to the people of Central, I have decided to run for another term as City Councilman,” Moak said in announcing his candidacy.  “I have not made this decision […]

Jason Ellis has issued the following statement in connection with his candidacy for the City Council in Central: “Hello my name is Jason Ellis I am a Central High School graduate and have been married to my best friend Kim Ellis for 7 years. We have one child Jackson and our second son is due […]