Central City News

 In response to recent criticism, BREC Supt. Corey Wilson issued following statement: “… it is important to clarify the facts about the delays in our external audits, which have recently been mischaracterized. The delays are the result of several challenges, some within our control and some outside of our control. BREC implemented a new financial […]

A large crowd of roughly 200 kicked off the campaign of Coach Sid Edwards for Mayor-President on Sept. 29 at Woodlawn Baptist Church. The crowd burst into applause several times in approval of Coach Sid as he described his plans for the City-Parish government. Attorney Andrew Murrell, the spokesman for the St. George movement, presided, […]

Rev. Tony Spell, Pastor, Life Tabernacle Church There are many times in the Bible when men had to face a Day of Reckoning. A Day of Reckoning is a time for taking account and being held responsible for the good or evil that you have caused.   Here in Louisiana, since 2020, the public officials […]

Large donations by gambling interests to Mayor-President candidate Ted James have raised questions about whether the candidate plans to bring back video poker and video poker truck stops to East Baton Rouge Parish.  Voters removed video poker from the parish in a referendum in 1996. According to reports filed with the Louisiana Board of Ethics, […]

 Every calculation about the race for Mayor-President of East Baton Rouge Parish should take into account that voters are likely to turnout in the Dec. 7 runoff at 50 percent or less the rate of the Nov. 5 primary. Traditionally, Republicans turnout at a higher rate in the runoff than do Democrats. For example, in […]

The long-awaited Presidential election is almost here with mail ballots already sent out and Early Voting beginning Oct. 18 through Oct. 29. The Central Library at 11260 Joor Road is one of five early voting sites in the parish.  It is open from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday-Saturday. Drawing the most interest on the […]

The Central High Wildcats are off to a strong start for the 2024 football season. As of Oct. 2, the team is 4-0 for the season and has a power ranking of 42.7, which makes it No. 1 in the Baton Rouge metro and No. 3 statewide among Class I Non-Select Schools. Coach David Simoneaux, […]

Since being elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives in 2011, Rep. Ted James has led the opposition to self determination for the people of St. George.   Rep. James didn’t just sit quietly and vote against St. George. Rather, he took the lead in introducing legislation and speaking against the incorporation of the City […]

Coach Sid Edwards grew up in North Baton Rouge and graduated from Redemptorist High School. He said he thought he knew his old neighborhood quite well until he returned as head coach at Istrouma High School in fall 2023. “My eyes were opened when I started having to carry some of my kids home after […]

Scott McKay, The Hayride I hinted that this was coming in my signing-off-before-the-hurricane-comes post four weeks ago, and I noted the results of the poll in the Baton Rouge mayoral race. The poll in question was a JMC Analytics survey, and it dropped about five weeks ago. The results…  We’re seeing that Ted James isn’t […]