Central City News

 Otis “Dude” Forbes is known by residents of Biltmore Subdivision for cycling around the neighborhood. Forbes rides 30 to 50 miles everyday and once a month he rides 100 miles in a one day. It’s estimated that Otis has biked 20,000 miles around the city block in Biltmore.  Residents of the subdivision, along with friends […]

 Tyler Blaine Torina, a 2010 graduate of Central High School, graduated on May 15, 2021 as a general surgeon.  Torina’s undergraduate degree was obtained in 2014 from LSU where he studied kinesiology. In 2017, he moved to Fort Smith, Arkansas, where he attended medical school at the Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine.  Dr. Torina will […]

Dear Brothers & Sisters  in the USA and all the world,        Independence Day has come and gone. The fireworks in the communities that I drove through were fabulous. I have never in my lifetime saw such a show. It seemed like everyone had fireworks. If this was a show of our voices, […]

Early in the pandemic last spring, Gov. John Bel Edwards used a provision of Louisiana’s emergency powers law to have Central pastor Tony Spell arrested for holding worship services at Life Tabernacle Church on Hooper Road. Now, in a surprise move, the Louisiana Legislature has suspended the power of the governor to levy criminal penalties […]

The Central City News has been named Newspaper of the Year for 2021 by the Louisiana Press Association. The award was based on the newspaper’s news coverage, investigative reporting, photography, advertising, graphic design, and online news coverage. The Central City News is published by Community Press, LLC, owned by Woody and Diane Jenkins.  Woody Jenkins […]

 In April 2020, Rev. Tony Spell was arrested by Central Police Chief Roger Corcoran for holding worship services despite orders from liberal Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards. At the time, Rev. Spell received some sage advice from one of his lawyers. Baton Rouge attorney Joe Long urged the pastor to go slow on pursuing his […]

It is almost impossible for the ordinary citizen to keep up with how his representative and senator votes in the legislature.  There are simply too many bills and too many votes. Things move fast at the legislature, and even if you were there full-time, you probably couldn’t keep up. However, now the Central City News […]

A young Irishman from the Emerald Isle, Fr. Michael Moroney celebrated his first Mass at St. Bartholomew Church in his hometown, Athea, just about 100 miles southwest of Dublin, Ireland.  He was one of 24 Irish seminarians raised into the priesthood by Bishop Morris, Bishop of Cashel and Emily in the Cathedral of the Assumption […]

My friend, the late Rep. Shady Wall (D-Monroe), was committed several times, and fellow House members often thought that perhaps he was released a bit early. His dear wife was rather wealthy — as he often told us from the well of the Louisiana House Chamber.   Rep. Shady Wall was known as a dandy […]

Young people and adults from across the United States are expected to converge at the Brush Arbor Freedom Center at Revolution Square June 30-July 4 at Hooper and Blackwater in Central. The conference, sponsored by Life Tabernacle Church, drew 3,000 participants last year during Covid and is expected to draw more this year, especially with […]