Central City News

Former Tara High and Texas Tech star Brian Duncan spoke on faith to Central Private School students and faculty attending the school’s January devotion. Duncan, who played for the Buffalo Bills in the NFL and later in the Canadian Football League was coached at Tara by David Prescott, now head of Central Private School. Right […]

A lot of things have changed since January 1999. TV screens became flatter, cell phones became ever-present, and Red River Bank grew from a single location on Alexandria’s Centre Court to a statewide presence with more than 300 team members in eight parishes. And on January 14, 2019 they celebrated 20 years as a true […]

More than 2,000 gathered Jan. 26 on the steps of the Old State Capitol to stand up for the Right to Life and oppose abortion. People of all ages and faiths gathered to speak out against what some called the American Holocaust. The main speaker, Dr. Alveda King, the niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, […]

Can Central High School win the State 5A Baseball Championship for the third straight year? We posed that question to Wildcats coach Mike Forbes. Coach Forbes said, “It’s everybody’s goal at the beginning of the season to win state, or it should be. Does that mean we have the make up right now to do […]

Imagine the small North Louisiana delta town of Newellton in the 1940’s — before television, the Internet, and life as we know it. Every evening, an elderly black man would walk the streets selling the hot tamales he and his wife Bessie made in their two-room shack. Tamale Dan, as the people called him, was […]

The Central High and Central Middle Talented Theatre and Music Programs will perform Children of Eden Feb. 14-16 at the Central High Theatre. More than 80 students are hard at work preparing for the performances, which will begin at 6:30 p.m. all three nights. Act One of the musical is based on the story of […]

Delta College of Arts and Technology has just reached a milestone. On January 31, 2019, Delta graduated its 100th class of nurses. A total of 1,600 have completed the program to prepare to be an LPN since Delta launched its nursing program in 1992. Everywhere you go in the Baton Rouge area, you’ll find Delta’s […]

Preparations are almost complete for Central’s 13th Annual Mardi Gras Ball, which will be held this Saturday, Feb. 16 at the CCA Gym (old Starkey Academy) on Joor Road. Doors will open at 7 p.m., and the music will begin at 8. This year’s theme is the Roaring 20’s, and dress will be formal or […]

Cooking in Central, the Official Festival of the City of Central, returns to the Amazing Place, 10305 Blackwater Road for another round of great food, entertainment, and fellowship. Amazing Place is located on Blackwater Road one mile north of Hooper Road. This year’s event will be for one day only — Friday, March 22 from […]

Dylan Rathcke of Central is only 18 but he has already established himself as a football legend at the high school level in Louisiana. He was a three-year starter at University High, the No. 1 football team in Louisiana ranked No. 13 in the nation. University High was undefeated during his junior and senior seasons […]