Central City News

Sen. Bodi White’s legislation to allow the City of Central and the City of Zachary to retain taxes currently paid to BREC and use them for parks in their respective cities is moving steadily through the legislative process. SB 205 was heard in the Senate Committee on Municipal and Parochial Affairs, which passed it out […]

This bill is really about compulsion — about taking away the right of our parents to decide whether they send their children to kindergarten or not.  Right now, the law is that from age 7 to 18 you have to send your children to a “school,” as defined by the state.   There’s a legitimate, […]

Mr. CHS is Grant Dunn, the son of Jay and Ragan Dunn. The Dunn family attends Fellowship Baptist Church. Grant is a four-year member of the Central Wildcat football team where he earned the honor of 2nd Team All-District in his junior year and 1st Team All-District in his senior year. In addition Grant was […]

Several months ago, President Joe Biden was vaccinated. In the White House, he is surrounded by people who have also been vaccinated. Nevertheless, he continues to wear a mask, even when outdoors or alone on Zoom calls with world leaders. In a recent online conference call, Biden was the only world leader wearing a mask. […]

Dr. Justin Creel pulled the door open to Rip’s Photography Studio in Zachary owned by Rip Rittell and was immediately hit with a wave of nostalgia. Everything seemed so very familiar. Had it really been 13 years? On this day, Creel had an appointment for a promotional photo as part of the beginning of his […]

 Sue Don Peel Kinsley was born in Jonesville, Louisiana, May 12, 1931, the third of five children. She and her family moved to Baton Rouge in the mid-1940’s for her father’s work. In Baton Rouge, she graduated from Istrouma High School and then went on to Hammond to attend and graduate from Southeastern Louisiana College, […]

The Central Community School Board voted 5-2 to raise property taxes in Central by $750,000 a year.  It was the first time since the Central school system was created that a tax has been imposed or raised without a vote of the people. Supt. Jason Fountain said he was not asking the board for the […]

Anyone who drove up Greenwell Springs Road in the 1950’s or 1960’s will remember the beauty of that ancient road — a quiet, narrow country lane covered with a canopy of live oaks and other trees.  In those days, it would be easy to visualize the cattle drives, stage coaches, and buckboard wagons that travelled […]

A bridge across the Amite River linking Hooper Road in Central to the Watson community in Livingston Parish has been a dream of both communities for at least 70 years. In fact, leaders of Central and Watson met with Gov. Robert  Kennon in the early 1950’s to propose the project. Since then, Central leaders have […]

 Many people believe BREC, or the Baton Rouge Recreation and Parks Commission, is a unit of local government. Oddly enough, it is not.  BREC was created in 1948 by an act of the Louisiana Legislature.  It was and is an autonomous state agency. Its decisions are not subject to review or disapproval by the governor […]