Central City News

Lions Focus Work On Preventable Blindness, Camp For Crippled Kids BATON ROUGE — Nearly 100 Lions from 15 clubs in the Baton Rouge area gathered for a Lions Expo last Saturday at the BREC headquarters on Florida Boulevard. It was an opportunity for long-time Lions such as Bill Simon to talk about how Lions Clubs […]

Liberal Orthodoxy Now In Full Retreat as Facts Show Consequences  Of a Bankrupt Ideology by Woody Jenkins, Editor CENTRAL — The events of the past few weeks have brought the roof down not only on the Obama Administration but on the entire liberal movement. How can anyone in his right mind continue to support this […]

Casey Ebey: Finalist for State Teacher of the Year CENTRAL — The Central Community School Board honored teachers, staff, and students during ceremonies Monday at the Central Middle School cafeteria.  The school system named a Teacher of the Year for each of the five schools.  Now one of them, Casey Ebey is a finalist for […]

BATON ROUGE — More than one year after the Louisiana Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Central City News in its public records case against CH2MHill, the corporate giant has still produced no public records, as the newspaper requested under state law.  The corporation had the contract to administer the City of Central from […]

270 Central High Seniors of 2013 Receive Diplomas Friday at Bethany CENTRAL — Nearly 270 seniors will receive diplomas at Central High School’s graduation ceremonies Friday night at Bethany World Prayer Center in Baker. It is the 100th anniversary of Central High’s first graduating class in 1913. Principal Bob Wales has asked everyone attending the […]

BATON ROUGE — The Louisiana Senate has passed and sent to the House two bills to give voters the chance to approved the new Southeast Baton Rouge Community School District. The State Senate approved SB 73, a constitutional amendment, by a vote of 27-11, and implementing legislation, SB 199, by a vote of 25-12.  The […]

Read CENTRAL CITY NEWS for May 2, 2013 Click here for Central City News:https://centralcitynews.us/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/CCN-05-02-13-web.pdf  TOP STORIES in Central City News: • Central School Board Offers Land, Building for City Complex: Free Office Space Totaling 26,000 square feet for City Hall, Plus State, City-Parish Offices • School Board Considering Bond, Tax Election: ExistingTax Would Fund Renovations; […]

Jacob and Russchelle (McLin) Overhultz of Denham Springs are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Scarlet Isabella.  She was welcomed home by big brother, Jackson Cash. Scarlet was born Feb. 11, 2013, at Woman’s Hospital.  She weighed six pounds, six ounces, and was 19.5 inches long. Proud grandparents are Gerry and Robin Overhultz […]

BATON ROUGE — McKenzie Brooke McNeal and Brad Allen Manuel were married April 13, 2013, at 6:30 p.m. at White Oak Plantation.  The ceremony was officiated by Pastor Terry Workman of Victory Harvest Church. The bride is the daughter of Stephen and Gwendolyn McNeal of Pell City, Ala. The bride was attended by maid of […]

CENTRAL — Krista R. Palmer of Central and Dr. Matthew W. Fowlkes will marry Saturday, May 18, 2013, in a 6 p.m. ceremony at Grace UPC in Central. The bride-elect is the daughter of Chuck and Chawan Palmer of Central.  She is the granddaughter of Patsy Palmer of Central and the late W.C. Palmer and […]