Central City News

Editor’s Note:  Central High Coach Doug Dotson just completed his summer football camp.  A total of 225 boys, age 6 through 9th grade, attended. CENTRAL — It’s best not to make a big deal about football.  It is, after all, just a game.  A mere boyhood sport.  That’s all it is.  Really. ••• Well, perhaps […]

CENTRAL — For the principal at Tanglewood Elementary, Sandy Davis, and her staff of more-than-extraordinary teachers, their work is not about a paycheck but about a commitment. “We’re a team, and we work together, but we want to take it to a higher level,” she said. Taking it to a higher level is not easy […]

EDITOR’S NOTE: It’s not often that a Central High School student has the last word on the principal.  But valedictorian Tyler Wales did Monday night, and his dad, Central High principal Bob Wales, was loving every bit of it. By Tyler Wales, 2011 Valedictorian, Central High School Thank you all for being here.  For those […]

CENTRAL — The decision by Central Mayor Mac Watts to select IBTS as the new city contractor provides hope for a new day in Central. IBTS was the low bidder to administer Central’s master privatization contract.  It also received the highest scores from the Mayor’s Committee on City Services. We commend the committee and the […]

Thank You I want to take this time to offer my sincerest “Thank You” to CH2MHILL. When our city was starting up, we advertised for a company to provide Central City Services, and CH2MHill was the only company to submit a proposal.  CH2MHILL carried us through several declared disasters and the day-to-day maintenance of our […]

Mrs. Cindy Richard made this wonderful German chocolate cake and brought it to the Central City News office to help celebrate the newspaper’s receiving the Louisiana Press Association’s annual Freedom of Information Award. CENTRAL — At the Louisiana Press Association annual awards ceremonies Saturday night, I felt very honored to accept the LPA’s Freedom of […]

CENTRAL — Councilman Tony LoBue has endured a world of unjust and undeserved criticism over the past two weeks, relative to his service as chairman of the Mayor’s Committee on Legal Services. The criticism is that Councilman LoBue brought to his committee, which was holding its first meeting to look at the city’s legal services, […]

CENTRAL — Despite what some people at Central City Hall may think, neither the Mayor nor the Central City Council has the legal authority to alter the requirements of Louisiana’s Public Records Law (R.S. 44:1 et seq), much less the Louisiana Constitution. But that’s what some of them seem intent on trying to do. It’s […]

By Woody Jenkins. CENTRAL — The Advocate for Wednesday, March 23, 2011, recounted the fiscal crisis which parish school systems around the state are facing.  For example, the East Baton Rouge Parish School System has a $39 million deficit and the probability of layoffs of some of the system’s 6,500 employees.  Likewise, Livingston Parish schools […]

By Woody Jenkins. CENTRAL — The Louisiana Legislature called itself into a 25-day Special Session last Sunday to reapportion Louisiana’s Congressional districts, State House, State Senate, Public Service Commission, and  Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. For Central, district lines for these governmental bodies are expected to remain virtually identical, expect for the State Senate. […]