Central City News

Catholic High School senior Jackson Whitlow has been named the Baton Rouge Diocesan 12th Grade Student of the Year! This is a special honor for an extraordinary young man. Jackson will be considered for the Louisiana Diocesan Student of the Year honor later this spring.   Jackson is a National Merit Semifinalist, an AP Scholar […]

The Bank of Zachary has promoted six of its employes, President/CEO Mark Marionneaux announced following January’s Board meeting.  Latasha London has been promoted to Vice President, Deposit Operations and Compliance, Amanda Moran to Vice President and Loan Officer, Kathryn Richard to Vice President and Head Trainer, Ashley Davis to Assistant Vice President and Branch Manager, […]

By Woody Jenkins, Editor, Central City News – Baton Rouge Before 4,000 of his friends and a handful of foes on the steps of the State Capitol, Jeff Landry took the oath of office as the 57th governor of Louisiana.  The Inauguration occurred on a beautiful but chilly Sunday evening a day earlier than the […]

By Woody Jenkins, Editor, Central City News – Baton Rouge Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) made international news this week by revealing that hundreds of FBI agents and other federal assets dressed as Trump supporters were deployed inside the U.S. Capitol building and mixed in the crowds outside the Capitol during Jan. 6.  Higgins said he, […]

The proposed sale of 100-year-old, member-owned Blue Cross/Blue Shield system in Louisiana is bad for the members and bad for the state.  The basic plan is to sell this institution, which is owned and managed by its members and serves almost 80 percent of the health insureds in Louisiana, to a for-profit insurer, Elevance, formerly […]

It was an honor to be sworn in as Louisiana’s Treasurer by our new Speaker of the House, Congressman Mike Johnson.  Mike is very special to me.  Not only are we close friends, but he succeeded me as Congressman from the 4th District eight years ago.  Together, we have had the privilege of representing the […]

Republican Attorney General-elect Liz Murrill has tapped fellow LSU Law School graduate Benjamin Aguiñaga to replace her as Louisiana’s solicitor general.  “I am grateful to the Attorney General for the opportunity to serve the people of Louisiana as the next Solicitor General,”  Aguiñaga said in an email.  A Texas native, Aguiñaga graduated from LSU in […]

By Woody Jenkins, Editor, Central City News – Baton Rouge Outgoing Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has promoted carbon capture projects for years.  Somewhat surprisingly, new Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry also gave carbon capture his full-throated endorsement on Friday, Dec. 29, 2023, just days before being sworn in as governor. Carbon capture is the process […]

INAUGURAL ADDRESS Gov. Jeff Landry State Capitol • Baton Rouge Sunday, January 7, 2024 To the cherished people of our beautiful state, honored guests, our heroic Veterans, elected officials, family and friends.  Welcome Home! I am deeply humbled. Humbled first by the grace of God, humbled by your presence here today, humbled by the continual […]

By Woody Jenkins, Editor, Central City News – Baton Rouge In the days shortly after Central was incorporated as its own municipality back in 2005, a lady testifying at a public hearing talked about what it was like to live in Central.  She said, “When I cross the bridge and enter the City of Central, […]