Central City News

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 […]

When I was a child the first college football hero I remember having was LSU Heisman Trophy winner Billy Cannon. Back in those days there was no ESPN. No 50 plus games a week on TV, and being at that age, I lived in New York and California, it’s hard to recollect how Billy became […]

Legendary Baton Rouge radio broadcaster Bob Furlow, 76, died Aug. 23, 2015, after a struggle with pancreatic cancer.  At WLCS, Furlow hosted the No. 1-rated morning show in Baton Rouge in the 1960’s and was a force in the Baton Rouge media market until his death. Bob Furlow was a proud graduate of Istrouma High […]

All three Republican candidates for Governor in the Oct. 24 primary sought the endorsement of the Republican Party of East Baton Rouge Parish, which held its endorsement process during August. The party, which is governed by the 17-member Republican Parish Executive   Committee,  or  PEC,  asked each candidate to fill out a lengthy questionnaire, which covered many of […]

Over the past 50 years or so, few people have been better representatives of North Baton Rouge than Bob Furlow, the 1958 Istrouma grad and silver-tongued radio newsman and disc jockey at WLCS who was the No. 1 radio personality in this market in the 1960’s.  He went on to have a successful career in […]

Will   Lizzie  Wicker  make history and become the first female athlete ever to score points for the Central High School varsity football team?  The 17-year-old senior may just get her chance sometime this season as a placekicker. Lizzie, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Buddy Wicker, is a well-rounded athlete with strong legs.  She […]

The Republican Party of East Baton Rouge Parish has made its endorsements in the race for Governor and Attorney General.  In the race for Governor, the local party endorsed Sen. David Vitter and Public Service Commissioner Scott Angelle. For Attorney General, the party endorsed incumbent Attorney General Buddy Caldwell. The endorsement for Governor took on […]

Despite a slow start on offense, the Central Wildcats racked up a solid 14-6 win over Port Allen in last Thursday’s jamboree. Central showed a solid defense, strong kicking game, and flashes of offensive power with touchdown runs by Caleb Moore and Gabe Brown. Ross Melton kicked two extra points. Central will host Mentorship Academy […]

The new Miss Baton Rouge is Devin Boyd, a grad-uate of Parkview Baptist School and the LSU School of Mass Communications, where she had a 3.63 average and was on the Honor Roll. Devin’s victory was unusual because she won all of the competition’s categories — swimsuit, evening gown, interview, and most photogenic. As Miss […]

Three young men from Central graduated from Central High School on May 15, 2015, and decided to join the United States Army. Landon Bourg shipped out on June 2 and will do his Basic Training and AIT for 12B, Combat Engineer at Fort Leonard Wood, MO, and then on to Fort Benning, GA, for Airborne […]