Central City News

Former Central Police Chief Doug Browning, 73, died Tuesday after a bout with leukemia.  After 34 years in the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office, where he rose to the rank of captain, Browning was appointed in 2005 as the first police chief of the new City of Central.  He won election to the post shortly […]

By Woody Jenkins, Editor, Central City News Do smells bring back memories to you? Every spring when we cut the grass for the first time, the memories lood back to me. Sometimes I pick up a handful of freshly-cut grass and hold it to my nose. I’ve even been known to lay face down in […]

Was the 1955 Istrouma High football team the greatest in Louisiana history?  As long as football is played in this state, that will be debated. Louisiana has only had one Heisman Trophy winner — Billy Cannon — and he starred on the 1955 team, which went undefeated and won the State Championship. 2015 is the […]

More than 150 local residents gathered at Historic Magnolia Cemetery Saturday, Aug. 1 for the 32nd Annual Commemorative Ceremony of the Battle of Baton Rouge on Aug. 5, 1862.  Much of the fighting occurred around the cemetery. The event, which is sponsored by the Foundation for Historical Louisiana and BREC, featured Union and Confederate re-enactors […]

Istrouma High School graduates are breathing a sigh of relief as they learn that their beloved mascot, Chief Nawaganti, has been saved from destruction, restored to his former glory, and installed in a safe public place — the Baton Rouge Room of the new Main Library on Goodwood Boulevard. Istrouma was the largest high school […]

*Interpretive Ranger at Port Hudson State Historic Site The story of the 9th Battalion Louisiana Infantry begins at the capitol building on January 26, 1861, the day that fateful, irrevocable decision was made when Louisiana severed it’s connections with the United States. By a vote of 113 to 17 the convention declared Louisiana to be […]

Louisiana’s top quarterback of 2008 and 2009 was Central’s Will Briscoe, whose extraordinary performance gained national attention.  Briscoe was 1st team All-State as a junior in 2008 and the Advocate’s All-Metro MVP. But in 2009, Briscoe had an even more impressive year.  He guided Central to the State 5A Regional Championship and was responsible for […]

In an interview with the Central City News, Central High head football coach Sid Edwards reminisced about the decade since the City of Central incorporated on July 11, 2005. It has been a great decade for Central High football, he said, as he recalled some of the most memorable games.  When asked to rank the […]

Jimmy Nunnally grew up in Central in the 1960’s.  His father, Dr. Richard Nunnally, who at age 87 still practices medicine, owns a log cabin on Greenwell Springs Road that was built in 1803 and is believed to be the oldest building in Central. Jimmy always had a soft spot in his heart for Central.  […]

Central Fire Chief Bill Porche said many heroes emerged in the aftermath of Hurricane Gustav in Central.  He had special praise for two local business owners who opened their doors to the public even before the storm had passed. Both businesses provided vital services in great demand.  “David’s Tiger Express and Central Drug Store opened […]