Central City News

Central High School senior Andrew Medine has applied to Congressman Garret Graves to attend the United States Naval Academy next fall.  Medine serves as Student Council president and co-captain of the Central High Football Team. He is a favorite around campus. In recognition of young Medine’s leadership ability and potential, we invited him to write […]

Perhaps attorney Mary Olive Pierson is stronger on rhetoric than on law. In any case, she has allowed Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome to place herself in an untenable and rather embarrassing position. Ms. Pierson has allowed her client to file a highly-publicized suit to block the incorporation of the City of St. George, which was […]

Mr. Loren and Mrs. Mary Watts of Amite, LA, are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter Lauren Sibley to Quinton Myer, the son of Mr. Austin and Mrs. Edie Myer of Central, LA.  The couple are planning their wedding for April 2020.  Quinton and Lauren met at a coed softball game, their favorite […]

Blackwater United Methodist Church will be hosting its annual drive-through Nativity story, Journey to Bethlehem, on Saturday and Sunday, December 14 and 15.  Make the Spirit of the Season come alive for you and your family! Drive over to 10000 Blackwater Rd., Central, LA, 70714, anytime between 6 to 8 p.m. both nights to experience […]

 Pass-A-Dozen Tamales will hold its 3rd Annual Tasting from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 6 at Ste G in Oak Point Plaza Wanda Pass will serve her famous Louisiana Mississippi Delta Tamales, shrimp and crab corn chowder, and seafood gumbo.  Her mother, Verdi, is known for serving broccoli hollandaise. Other featured items […]

 Bishop B. A. Spell has completed 66 years in the ministry, beginning in Pine Prairie, LA, in 1953, then to Turkey Creek and Port Allen, before finally settling in North Baton Rouge and Central a little more than 50 years ago. On Tuesday, he was honored at Life Tabernacle Church on Hooper Road. Friends and […]

The City Council of Central honored Graydon Walker at its recent meeting for his long service. Former Mayor-President Tom Ed McHugh was on hand to honor his former CAO. The Council adopted the following resolution: WHEREAS, Mr. Graydon Walker has devoted most of his adult life to public service; and WHEREAS, On September 21, 1928, […]

Central High senior Faith Huguet was named the Wildcats’ 2019 Homecoming Queen in ceremonies on Friday, Sept. 20 at Wildcat Stadium Last year’s homecoming queen, Miss Taliyah Joseph, was on hand to greet the new queen. She is a freshman at SLU, majoring in nursing.  Members of the Central High School Homecoming Court and Queen […]

The script had already been written. The Central High Wildcats, unbeaten against lesser foes, were supposed to arrive at A. W. Mumford Stadium at Southern University and be overwhelmed by No. 1 ranked Southern Lab. Instead, fans witnessed one of the outstanding football games they would ever see and a hard-fought Central victory. Central coach […]

For the first time in history, Central has its own Early Voting location, and Central area voters have taken full advantage of the opportunity to vote early close to home. Early voting for the Oct. 12 election began on Saturday, Sept. 28 and will continue through Saturday, Oct. 5. After the first four days of […]