Central City News

New Roads native Archbishop-elect Shelton J. Fabre of the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux has been appointed archbishop of the Archdiocese of Louisville, Kentucky.  Archbishop Fabre’s first pastoral assignment was at St. Alphonsus Liguori Catholic Church in Central, where he served from 1989 to 1992.  The father is remembered for his loving concern for the parishioners at […]

The people of the Capital Region need to wake up, according to the Chamber of Commerce of East Baton Rouge Parish. If they do not, Baton Rouge will face a man-made disaster from which it may never recover. The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development is pushing forward with a plan that will keep Baton […]

St. Alphonsus Catholic School has proudly announced that Mrs. Annette Nicosia is the recipient of this year’s Distinguished Educator Award for the Diocese of Baton Rouge.   Mrs. Nicosia was chosen among many nominees from local Catholic schools.  She is recognized for her excellence and distinguished service to Catholic school education, especially to St. Alphonsus […]

 Cooking in Central, the official festival and premier charitable fundraiser of the City of Central, will bring out thousands of Central residents, friends of Central, and people who wish they were from Central for food, music, and fun Friday and Saturday, March 25 and 26.  This event, run entirely by volunteers, has raised millions of […]

By Woody Jenkins, Editor, Central City News — NEW ORLEANS ––  In what have to be two of the most extraordinary filings in the history of the Louisiana Supreme Court, Gov. John Bel Edwards tried to intervene in a criminal case pending before the court ­— an unprecedented move — and Attorney General Jeff Landry […]

By Woody Jenkins, Editor, Central City News — BATON ROUGE ––  Editor’s Note: Since March 2020, a handful of courageous Louisiana elected officials and ordinary citizens have fought the illegal, unconstitutional mask mandates and vaccine mandates of Gov. John Bel Edwards and President Joe Biden. The radical Left in the media have lionized the petty […]

People from across the nation are expected to attend Health Freedom Day from 12 noon to 5 p.m. on Friday, April 1 at Revolution Square at the corner of Hooper and Sullivan roads in the City of Central. The keynote speaker will be world renowned physician Dr. Peter McCullough, who advocates early treatment of Covid-19. […]

The Central Community School Board last week voted unanimously to oppose a 185-lot development proposed for Hooper Road. The proposed subdivision would be located west of the Comite River outside the City of Central but inside the Central Community School District.   It would feature 50×120 lots.  Because it is located outside the City of […]

New Orleans businessman Louis Gurvich has been re-elected State Republican chairman by the Republican State Central Committee meeting at the Capitol Hilton in downtown Baton Rouge.  Gurvich, a conservative, defeated Mike Bayham of St. Bernard Parish in an unexpectedly close 101-90 vote.  Gurvich, who was first elected in 2018, was elected to a two-year term.

Ronnie Devall, 74, a life-long resident of Central, Louisiana, passed away on December 30, 2021 after a brave battle with Parkinson’s disease. He was born on September 4, 1947. He graduated from Southeastern Louisiana University and Louisiana State University. He married his high school sweetheart, Carolyn, on August 18, 1967. He loved sports, traveling, playing […]