Central City News

Gov. Jindal Praises Central’s Giving Spirit CENTRAL — Gov. Bobby Jindal attended Cooking in Central Saturday and praised the Central community for its efforts to aid victims of the tornado in Moore, Oklahoma.  Jindal said Central is an example of America at its best.  An emotional Moore elementary school principal Kathy Knowles said Central’s gesture […]

BATON ROUGE — Louisiana Family Forum and LSU head coach Les Miles went “Over the Edge” for adoption last week.  Their goal was to bring attention to the need to reduce red tape in the adoption process and help find permanent families for 100 Louisiana children. In order to get the discussion going, the pro-family […]

Central’s School Superintendent  Addresses MFP, 2013 Legislature EDITOR’S NOTE: Central schools Supt. Mike Faulk spoke to the Baton Rouge Press Club just before the end of the legislative session.  Faulk began as the first employee of the Central Community School System in 2007 and hired 400 employees.  The Central system is now the No. 2-ranked […]

No One Can View This Documentary Without Realizing We Have Problem by Woody Jenkins, Editor BATON ROUGE — Supporters of the proposed Southeast Baton Rouge Community School System have released a dramatic video that documents violence and other illegal activities in public schools such as Woodlawn, Broadmoor, and Tara High Schools. The film is a […]

SOUTHEAST — Supporters of the proposed Southeast Baton Rouge Community School District said Wednesday the recently-completed legislative session was far more successful than most people realize. Norman Browning, chairman of Local Schools for Local Children, said the passage of SB 199 has placed the new school district in the Louisiana Revised Statutes.  “That is done.  […]

Only Voters Decide Issue of Whether to Create Municipality SOUTHEAST — The battle to create a new community school system in the southeast part of East Baton Rouge Parish is about to take on a entirely new dimension. Now supporters of the new district say they are considering launching a drive to incorporate Southeast Baton […]

Washington Says Democrats Don’t Represent Him CENTRAL — In ceremonies at the Ronald Reagan Newsmaker Luncheon Tuesday, City of Central Mayor Pro-Tem Ralph Washington announced that he is changing his party affiliation to Republican. With a packed house at Café Américain and the media present, Washington told his life story — from being born at […]

CENTRAL — Long-time Central educator David Prescott has been named the new principal at Central High School.  Prescott’s selection culminated a nationwide search that ended at Central High where Prescott is assistant principal. A national search firm found 30 applicants and narrowed the field to six, two of whom withdrew. Faulk and other Central school […]

Pledges to Fight Crime, Improve Roads With Open, Honest City Administration by Woody Jenkins CENTRAL — Central businessman Jr. Shelton has announced his candidacy for Mayor of the City of Central in municipal election scheduled for Saturday, April 5, 2014.  Shelton narrowly lost the mayor’s job to Mac Watts, the current mayor, in 2010. Shelton […]

Southeast BR School District Nears 70 Votes In State House BATON ROUGE — All eyes are on the Louisiana House of Representatives Thursday as the members prepare to take up two bills that could lead to the creation of the new Southeast Baton Rouge Community School District.  The legislation would affect about 80,000 people in the portion […]