Central City News

Kurt and Lori Malthaner are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Ava Ruth.  She was welcomed home by big sister, Kate Emma. Ava was born at Woman’s Hospital on Sept. 11, 2011, at 3:58 p.m.  She weighed seven pounds, nine ounces, and was 20.5 inches long. Proud grandparents are Jon and Hazel Bailey […]

Royce and Jenny (Cooper) Thibodeaux of Pride are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Katie Lane. Katie was born at Woman’s Hospital July 06, 2011, at 9:37 p.m.  She weighed six pounds and 19-3/4 inches long. Proud grandparents are Mike and Karen Cooper of French Settlement and Bruce and Celeste Thibodeaux of Greenwell […]

CENTRAL — The 2011 Central High School Homecoming last Friday night had everything! Central defeated Walker 54-15.  At halftime, 15 beautiful young women were inducted into this year’s Homecoming Court.  The halftime ceremonies began when last year’s queen, Miss Taylor Padgett, walked to the 50-yard line.  Taylor is a student at Baton Rouge Community College.  […]

Dr. Shannon Cooper Faces Two Opponents CENTRAL — East Baton Rouge Parish coronor Dr. Shannon Cooper faces two opponents in the election this Saturday, Oct. 22.  Dr. Cooper and Dr. Beau Clark provided announcement statements relative to their candidacies.  The third candidate, Dr. Eric Tesche, did not submit a statement. Dr. Shannon Cooper EBR Coroner […]

CENTRAL — Over the past two weeks, parents of students at Central’s five public schools received Report Cards from the Louisiana Department of Education.  There would be nothing unusual about that, except for the fact that these Reports Cards weren’t on the performance of a particular student but on the performance of each school as […]

CENTRAL — Allison and Jason Kesner lost everything in a house fire last month. On Sunday, some young ladies of Central held a tea to raise money to help the family and especially daughter Aaulora with a few of the many expenses. If you’d like to help, please call Donna Dufour at 261-5436.  For a […]

Big Fundraising Event Set Nov. 6 At Capalli Salon CENTRAL — Cristi David Nolen, the owner of Capalli Salon, 11417 Sullivan Road suffered for nine years from an illness that her physicians could not diagnose. It affected every aspect of her life, and she prayed everyday that if God gave her a diagnosis she would spend the […]

CENTRAL — Building a new bridge across the Amite River at Hooper Road is clearly one of the most important single things that could happen to this community for two reasons: • This new bridge could carry 26,000 cars a day and significantly reduce the traffic which has become a serious problem for Central. • […]

CENTRAL — Building a new bridge across the Amite River at Hooper Road is clearly one of the most important single things that could happen to this community for two reasons: • This new bridge could carry 26,000 cars a day and significantly reduce the traffic which has become a serious problem for Central. • […]

CENTRAL — State Senate District 6 candidates Bodi White and Mike Mannino agree that building a new bridge across the Amite River is the top infrastructure need in Central but they strongly disagree on how to fund it. Mike Mannino said Tuesday night the bridge is the highest priority in the Capital Region, and it […]