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BATON ROUGE— Metro Councilman John Delgado brought his campaign for Mayor-President to the Ronald Reagan Newsmaker Luncheon Tuesday and outlined his plans for City-Parish government, especially fighting crime.  He said crime is the No. 1 problem facing the parish, and he wants to add 200 officers to the Baton Rouge Police Department. The outspoken Republican […]

“We will no longer surrender this country or its people to the false song of globalism.  The nation state remains the true foundation for happiness and harmony.  I am skeptical of international unions that tie us up and bring America down.  Under my administration, we will never enter America into any agreement that reduces our […]

BATON ROUGE — Attorney Edmond Jordan received 60 percent of the vote in a Special Election Saturday to fill a seat in the Louisiana House of Representatives left vacant by the death of Rep. Ronnie Edwards (D-Baton Rouge).  Rep.-elect Jordan will take office immediately and join the legislative session which is currently in progress. Jordan […]

BATON ROUGE — Sen. Bodi White has announced his candidacy for Mayor-President of East Baton Rouge Parish in the Nov. 8 election.  Incumbent Mayor-President Kip Holden is barred from seeking reelection because of term limits. White, a conservative Republican from Central, will try to earn a spot in the Dec. 10 runoff by uniting voters in […]

READ CAPITAL CITY NEWS FOR MAY 19, 2016 — Top stories in this paper: • Sen. Bodi White Likely to Run for Mayor-President • Edmond Jordan Is Newest Member of House of Representatives • Opinion: Key to Victory in November Is Swing States • Delgado Grilled on Opposition to St. George Click here: http://centralcitynews.us/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/CCN-5-19-16.pdf — • Central Veterans Memorial Dedication […]

Catholic High head football Coach Dale Weiner, winner of more than 300 games, on Coach Boots Garland: “I’m here representing hundreds of athletes who were touched by Coach Garland. I never called him Boots because he was my coach. Some of the most important coaching occurs off the field, especially with young people.” “Coach Garland […]

Whole Foods at Towne Center is the closest thing Baton Rouge has to Main Street.  If you go to the coffee shop and sit long enough, you will see just about everyone you know or want to know.  One day last month, I was having coffee when I saw former Baton Rouge High, LSU, and […]

BATON ROUGE — In July 1966, I was a 19-year-old student at the LSU School of Journalism. For the past two years, I had the privilege of having worked as a newsman and disc jockey at WLCS, the No. 1 radio station in Baton Rouge and then as a television announcer and newsman at the […]

On March 5, more than 18,578 Republican voters went to the polls in East Baton Rouge Parish and elected 17 members of the East Baton Rouge Republican Parish Executive Committee, which is established by state law to govern the party at the parish level. The turnout of 38.3 percent was the highest in parish history […]

There are serious problems with Louisiana’s 46-member delegation to the Republican National Convention in Cleveland.  Businessman Donald Trump won a solid victory in Louisiana’s Presidential Primary on March 5, defeating 13 other candidates.  Trump received nearly 42 percent of the vote, while Texas Sen. Ted Cruz received just over 37 percent, Sen. Marco Rubio received […]