Central City News

The timeline of events at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, published by the Washington Post shows President Trump’s remarks that day could not have caused rioting at the U.S. Capitol.  The timeline shows Trump started speaking at 12 noon.  He ended at 1:10 p.m.  However, protesters gathered outside the Capitol at 12:30 […]

Clerk of Court Doug Welborn has announced qualifying dates for upcoming spring elections in East Baton Rouge Parish. Qualifying will be held Wednesday, Jan. 20 through Friday, Jan. 22 only at the Airline branch office for the following races: •Special Election for Council Member District 1, City of Central •Special Election for Member of School Board […]

 As former Vice President Joe Biden prepares to be sworn in as the 46th President of the United States, he has called for the people of this country to unite together, and that is a worthy goal. Of course, unifying people with such diverse views wouldn’t be easy.  However, it is possible. The problem is, […]

The Central High Wildcats are off to an outstanding start to the 2020-2021 basketball season with a 10-3 record. They are right off a big win against McKinley. Now the Wildcats have to walk through “killer’s row” and face one highly-ranked powerhouse team after another. It’s all as head coach Sid Edwards hoped it would go. […]

 The members of the Electoral College from Louisiana met at noon Monday in the Senate Chamber of the State Capitol to  perform its duty under the Constitution. All eight members voted to reelect President Donald J. Trump, in accordance with the votes of the people of the state Nov. 3, 2020.  Each of the electors […]

Louisiana Supreme Court Associate Justice Jeff Hughes was the center of attention at the Baton Rouge Advocate for more than a year.  Half a dozen major front-page articles held up the judge as the epitome of unethical behavior on the bench.  Another two dozen stories mentioned him as an example of judges who avoid being held […]

Voters in the City of Central helped elect two new members of the Metro Council Saturday from districts representing parts of the city.   • In District 1, which includes Zachary and the northern part of Central, Brandon Noel (left), a former member of the Zachary City Council, was elected to replace outgoing Metro Council […]

By Woody Jenkins, Editor, Central City News • WASHINGTON — The United States Supreme Court has issued an injunction prohibiting Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York from enforcing limits on attendance at churches and synagogues in New York.  The governor issued emergency orders creating zones and limiting church attendance to 10 or 25 persons depending […]

The Central Middle School Student Council held a food drive the week of November 9-13, 2020 for the Central Foodbank.  The entire school participated and donated more than 1,200 items. CMS Student Council sponsors, Mrs. Ilboudo and Coach Hunt, expressed their appreciation to the entire student body at CMS for participating.   

With the support of principal Meagan Brown, the students at Tanglewood Elementary are growing a fall/winter garden.  Raised beds were constructed in the playground area of the school so the students can water their plants during recess. The plants they are taking care of this season include varieties of kale, cabbage, cauliflower, shallots, petunias, and […]