Central City News

CENTRAL — Events coming up in and around Central: Tuesday, October 11 • Diabetes Support Group • 6 p.m. You’re invited to Lane Regional Medical Center’s Diabetes Support Group.  Registration is not required.  For information, contact Sherri Brady, RN at 658-4583. October 14, 21, and 28 • Swamp Haunted Hikes • 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. […]

Central Schools Among Highest Ranked in State Based on Tests And Attendance BATON ROUGE — The Louisiana Department of Education issued its first-ever school report cards Wednesday, and three Central schools were among the handful in the state which got letter grades of A.  Bellingrath Hills Elementary (pre-K through 1st grade) and Tanglewood Elementary (2nd and 3rd grades) received […]

Central Wildcats 9/2/2011 to 10/7/2011, 6 games — 2 wins, 4 losses Compiled by Tyler Wales for Central City News. All games Home Away Neutral Overall record: 2-4 1-3 1-1 0-0 League: 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 Non-league: 2-3 1-2 1-1 0-0 Playoff: 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0     Date Game type Opponent Result Rushing leader […]

Friday, October 7, 2011 (07:00 PM) League game at Central Middle School Compiled by Tyler Wales for Central City News ZHS Broncos 42, Central Wildcats 38 Score by quarter 1 2 3 4 Total ZHS Broncos 14 14 7 7 42 Central Wildcats 8 8 7 15 38   Scoring summary Qtr Time Scoring play […]

Central Wildcats 9/2/2011 to 9/30/2011, 5 games — 2 wins, 3 losses Statistics compiled by Tyler Wales for Central City News All games Home Away Neutral Overall record: 2-3 1-2 1-1 0-0 League: 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Non-league: 2-3 1-2 1-1 0-0 Playoff: 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Date Game type Opponent Result Rushing leader Passing […]

Friday, September 30, 2011 (07:00 PM) Non-league game at Central Middle School Statistics compiled by Tyler Wales for the Central City News SAHS Gators 35, Central Wildcats 14 Score by quarter 1 2 3 4 Total SAHS Gators 7 13 8 7 35 Central Wildcats 8 6 0 0 14   Scoring summary Qtr Time […]

Cookin’ Dedicates Blackwater Site For Annual Event CENTRAL — Members of Cookin’ in Central dedicated the new location of the annual event Monday evening at 10305 Blackwater Road.  The site will be the home of the annual fundraising event, which in past years has assisted St. Bernard Parish schools, St. Helena schools, Central school libraries, and Central […]

Partner Reports Rep. White Paid Nothing for 1/3rd Interest in Land CENTRAL — Rep. Bodi White paid nothing for a 1/3rd interest in a 52-acre tract of land fronting on Hooper and Lovett roads that is now being developed as a Sports Park for BREC, according to E. Gordon Rogillio, Jr., one of White’s partners in the deal. […]

CENTRAL — One of Rep. Bodi White’s partners in Parcel 52, LLC, answered questions Tuesday about White’s investment in the firm and the issue of whether he lost $100,000 on a 50.8-acre tract that was ultimately sold to BREC after a “compromise” White brokered, that committed BREC to building a new Sports Park in Central. […]

Compromise Combines 5 Single-Member Seats With 2 At-Large Posts CENTRAL — After six public hearings over the past three months and a four-hour Council meeting Tuesday night, the Central City Council voted to adopt a new reapportionment plan using population numbers from the 2010 census. Under the plan proposed by the Mayor’s study committee and offered by […]