Central City News

Cooking in Central, the Official Festival for the City of Central, was held March 25-26, to help the hurricane-ravaged people of south Terrebonne Parish. Cooking founder Louis DeJohn said, “Thanks to the Central community for making this 15th annual event a great success. The 2022 event was themed ‘Cooking for Our Neighbors’ with proceeds dedicated […]

Should there be differences between boys and girls in the Student Dress Code for Central schools? That was the issue Central school board grappled with at two recent meetings.  Some members of the board are afraid the board will be sued if there are any differences.  So should boys be allowed to wear dresses and […]

 Senate Bill 189 by Sen. Bodi White (R-Central) to change the boundaries of the Central Community School System is moving through the Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature.   It passed the Senate Education Committee and then the full Louisiana Senate by a vote of 32-1.  It is now awaiting a hearing in the House […]

The East Baton Rouge Parish Metro Council Wednesday night gave final approval to the controversial 183-unit Belle Arbor development planned for south of Hooper Road just west of the Comite River. Three Central School Board members spoke against the development — Kim Powers, Roxanne Atkinson, and Sharon Browning. They and other citizens who appeared emphasized […]

Yes, we know there are license plate reading cameras here and there on the Interstate and even a couple in the City of Central.  It’s nothing new, we are told. Some will say a citizen has no expectation of privacy on public roads. But that is not the law.  The Supreme Court has ruled law […]

Excerpts from Article by Ángel Díaz and Rachel Levinson-Waldman from Brennan Center for Justice of New York University Law School Auto­matic license plate read­ers use a combin­a­tion of cameras and computer soft­ware to indis­crim­in­ately scan the license plates of every car passing by. The read­ers, which can be moun­ted on station­ary poles, moving police cruis­ers, […]

Cherie Jean Abshire-Steiner Whitehead – Born April 11, 1971 and passed away April 2, 2022. Cherie is survived by her mother, Betty Whitehead of Central, her two sons Joseph and Paul, and daughter Elizabeth Steiner of Central, along with her sister, Missy Shields and husband Ricky Shields. Cherie was loved by many friends. The family […]

Bonnie Drummond, a resident of Baker, died at 1:32 a.m. on Monday, March 28, 2022, at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center with family by her side. She was born to the late James Wesley and Nannie Magee Lambert, Oct. 9, 1922, in Jayess, MS.  She was the middle child of nine children. […]

For the first time in Central High School history, the girls tennis doubles won the Regional Championship.  The tournament started on Monday, April 11 with 32 teams competing for Division I, Region III.  Central High School sophomores Madison Lumpkin and Annalyse Greely defeated four schools — East Ascension, Covington, Live Oak, and Walker — to […]

By Woody Jenkins, Editor, Central City News — CENTRAL — Health freedom is likely to be one of the key issues facing the 2022 regular session of the Louisiana Legislature, which began this week.   Conservative lawmakers have authored a number of bills to rein in the power of the governor when he declares an […]