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CENTRAL — The Central High Wildcats defeated Catholic 31-23 in a hotly-contested match at Wildcat Stadium last Friday.  Now the Wildcats (4-0, ranked No. 12) face their toughest opponent yet — the St. Amant Gators (4-0) at The Pit. Catholic plays Parkview, the No. 1 team in state 3A Friday night at Olympia. St. Amant is […]

by Woody Jenkins, editor CENTRAL — After Catholic High’s pounding of highly-regarded Denham Springs 42-13 last Friday night, there is much talk of a resurgent Catholic, supposedly much improved over last year’s team that went 3-7, but Central coach Sid Edwards is having none of that talk. “It is a complete misconception.  Catholic had a […]

BATON ROUGE — Events coming up in and around the Capital City: Thursday, September 20 • Louisiana Family Forum Annual Dinner Healing Place Church. Doors open at 6 p.m. and dinner at 7 p.m.  For information, call 344-8533. Friday, September 21 • Ignite • 7 p.m. An Ignite Youth Rally will be held at Life Church Central, 10523 […]

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GOP Endorses Tim Kelley and Toni Higginbotham For Supreme Court, Mike McDonald for Appeals BATON ROUGE — The Republican Party of East Baton Rouge Parish Wednesday night announced its endorsement of two of the eight candidates seeking a vacant seat on the Louisiana Supreme Court. Receiving the Supreme Court endorsement were Court of Appeal Judge Toni […]

Republicans Open Parish Headquarters, Begin Campaign for Romney, GOP Slate  BATON ROUGE — The Republican Party of East Baton Rouge Parish opened its Parish Headquarters last week at 7047 Jefferson Highway, Suite B.  More than 100 people attended.  The headquarters will be used as an office, call center, meeting place, and pickup point for yard signs […]

Social Conservatives Don’t Base Their Vote On Checks in the Mail by Woody Jenkins, editor BATON ROUGE — Over the past couple of years, probably the most common refrain among my fellow conservatives has been this: “Nearly half the people in America get a check from the government every month.  At some point soon, the number of […]

Singing Kumbaya With Terrorists Is No Substitute for Military Strength by Woody Jenkins, editor BATON ROUGE — The Arab Spring has turned into the Arab Winter.  With it, the utter naivete and ineptitude of the Obama Administration’s policy in the Mideast have become clear for all to see. In his Cairo speech, President Obama reached out to the […]

BATON ROUGE — East Baton Rouge Parish coroner Dr. Beau Clark will discuss the parish’s murder rate at the new Chamber of Commerce of East Baton Rouge meeting at 12 noon Tuesday at Café Américain.  As coroner, Dr. Clark examines each murder victim.

Republicans Cite Senator’s Service To State’s People BATON ROUGE — Baton Rouge area Republicans packed the City Club for the 1st Annual Ronald Reagan Awards Luncheon last Friday and honored U. S. Sen. David Vitter as Man of the Year.  Vitter was recognized for his support of free enterprise, limited government, lower taxes, traditional values, and a […]