Central City News

REMARKS BY JEFF LANDRY, Attorney General of Louisiana — CENTRAL — Good morning!  What a beautiful morning!  I’m reminded of how much rain we’ve had over the last three or four years.  I remember people saying when is it going to stop?  I said all I know is it will stop and the Lord is going […]

Good morning, everyone!   On behalf of my girls, Ella and Sara, I want to thank you so much for being here today and for your support in this campaign!  I am especially grateful to my army of moms who worked so hard in this campaign and to Attorney General Jeff Landry for being the […]

By Woody Jenkins, Editor, Central City News — CENTRAL — Once again, students in the Central Community School System have demonstrated that they are among the top students in Louisiana based on school performance scores.  Statistics released this week show Central schools ranked No. 3 in the state.  School letter grades were not released this […]

Voters throughout Louisiana will go to the polls this Saturday, Nov. 13 to vote on four proposed amendments to the Louisiana Constitution. Here in Central, voters in School Board District 4 will also choose a replacement for long-time board member Will Easley who resigned in January.  Mr. Easley’s primary issue over the years was making […]

Attorney General Jeff Landry has won a major victory in the fight against mandatory vaccinations, and that victory is having an impact nationwide.   On Friday, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, acting on orders from President Joe Biden, issued rules purporting to require employers of 100 or more employees to take a Covid vaccination […]

The differences between Louisiana’s liberal Democratic governor and the conservative Republican legislature were on full display Tuesday when three Republican lawmakers examinedGov. John Bel Edwards’ vetoes at the Ronald Reagan Newsmaker Luncheon. Most of the vetoes concerned attacks on individual rights by Edwards since Covid and needed reform of Louisiana’s election law. The major bills […]

As of Nov. 3, debris removal crews had picked up nearly 50,000 cubic yards of tree debris from Hurricane Ida on the first pass of streets in Central. This amount is considerably higher than the estimated 25,000 cubic yards originally anticipated.  Debris removal crews will begin making a final pass down every local street again to […]

Most of you have noticed that the road work on Sullivan Road has stopped, and workers have basically disappeared. All of this relates to the installation of sewer lines along the east side of Sullivan Road between Hooper and Wax Roads.  This utility relocation project was let back in April of 2017 by the Louisiana […]

 I’m remembering my dad, Louis (Little Ory) Jenkins. If he were still alive, he would be 112 years old. He was born in Folsom, LA, on May 25, 1909. He grew up in Ponchatoula, where he was a star football player for Ponchatoula High School (Class of 1930) and the star shortstop for the Ponchatoula […]

Three bridges on major roadways in Central were recently repaired by the City-Parish after inspections by DOTD showed deficiencies. All of these bridges are timber/creosote bridges with concrete spans built nearly 50 years ago. The Frenchtown Road bridge over Draughn Creek was closed  July 23 and was reopened Oct. 15. Five major pilings and caps […]