Central City News

Nearly 4,000 Central students, parents, teachers, and administrators gathered at Wildcat Stadium Tuesday night to celebrate the Central Community School System’s being rated as an ‘A’ school system for the second straight year. The district celebrated accomplishments in Academics, Athletics, Arts and Awareness from the community.  They also had a lot of fun doing it!  […]

Read CENTRAL CITY NEWS for October 2013.   Click below to access print edition TOP STORIES IN CENTRAL CITY NEWS: • CH2MHILL Agrees to Turn Over Records Sought by Central City News • CH2MHILL Pays Newspaper’s Attorney Fees • CCN v. CH2MHILL Strengthens Citizens Rights to Access Public Records in a Privatized City • Central City […]

Col. Gordon Jenkins, USAF (retired), will be honored in ceremonies at the Louisiana Military Veterans Hall of Honor at the Naval Museum at 11 a.m., Friday, Oct. 11.  The public is invited.  Jenkins is a 1960 graduate of Baton Rouge High and a graduate of LSU where he was commander of the Pershing Rifles.  The […]

On Tuesday, 19th Judicial District Judge Kay Bates signed an order compelling CH2MHill to produce public records requested by the Central City News in 2010. The newspaper sued CH2MHill in April 2010, saying that the $6 billion-a-year company that ran the City of Central from 2007 to 2010 under a privatization agreement, was subject to […]

Sen. Elbert Guillory (R-Opelousas) will be honored as Man of the Year at the annual Ronald Reagan Man of the Year Luncheon Friday, Nov. 1. The event, which is sponsored by the Republican Party of East Baton Rouge Parish, honors a political leader who best represents the philosophy of the late President Ronald Reagan. It […]

Luke and Amber (Gayle) Le-Blanc of Watson are proud to announce the birth of their son, Corbin James. He was born on May 25, 2013 at Woman’s Hospital. He weighed seven pounds and was 20 inches long. Proud grandparents are Jeri Chaney of Central, Randy and Diana LeBlanc of Baton Rouge and the late Walter […]

Students, teachers, and administrators from all public and private schools in Central will gather at 6 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 11 for a time of prayer and fellowship to kick off the 2013-2014 school year. The annual event will be held this year at the Central High School Theatre. Students from Central’s public schools, St. Alphonsus, […]

Greenwell Springs Baptist Church will welcome a new full-time senior pastor this Sunday after a one-year search. Rev. Jeff Meyers comes to Greenwell Springs from Conyers, Georgia. Those who know Rev. Meyers describe him as a man who is passionate about his personal faith in Jesus Christ, his wife Traci and their three boys, and […]

The family of Danielle Wright, who has been missing in the South Pacific for 60 days, is making a last-ditch effort to raise financial assistance to continue the air search of the  area where her vessel, the Nina, and six other crew members could  be.  It is a vast area, encompassing more than 300,000 square […]

Paul Dietzel II will bring his campaign for the United States Congress to Baton Rouge Tuesday at the Ronald Reagan Newsmaker Luncheon. Dietzel, 27, founder and CEO of Anedot, said in an interview Wednesday that it’s time for fiscal conservatives from his generation to step up and assume positions of leadership. “My generation will be […]