Central City News

Years ago when Johnny Carson hosted the Tonight Show on NBC-TV, the show was promoted as “The Late Night Place to Be!” It may be quite awhile before the City of Central earns such a title but there is much more to do late night in Central now than ever in the past. Restaurants The […]

Since the Standard Oil refinery began operations in Baton Rouge in 1909, residents of the Central community have played a major role in the work of the refinery. Some Central families, such as the Langlois, Nelson, and Bauer families, have been at the refinery from the beginning! — Langlois Family — Central’s Jason Langlois, 41, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

With the New Year here, I wanted to take this opportunity to thank our amazing community of Central. The food drives at our schools, local businesses and churches, our Central Feeding Central in Memory of Dennis M. Lewis (my daddy!), and our Thanksgiving and Christmas drives have exceeded all expectations any of us at the […]

Baton Rouge Community College Vice Chancellor Phil Smith says the BRCC sports program is loaded with talent and exciting play, great coaches, and excellent facilities, but not enough sports fans are aware of how good the BRCC Bears are. That will change in January 2019 when the college launches an ambiguous schedule of TV broadcasts […]

Central babies and young children from six months to six years are learning to survive in the water even if they are somehow alone in an extreme emergency. It’s thanks to a course taught by Dari Stockton at Central Physical Therapy, 13111 Hooper Rd. Dari is a certified instructor for a national program, Infant Swimming […]

Dr. John Thomas Roshto has purchased Central Oaks Dental from Dr. David Prudhomme and is accepting new patients. Dr. Rosto is a native of Central. He graduated from Central Private School before moving on to LSU Baton Rouge where he met his wife, Sarah, and graduated with a bachelors of science degree. He then pursued […]