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After last week’s playoff victory by Central over Ponchatoula, coach Sid Edwards (left) presented the game ball to Mrs. Jo Ann Watts Venable in honor of her husband, Milam Douglas Venable, who passed away Friday, Nov. 2, while attending the previous week’s Central High football game.

No. 4-Ranked  Central (10-1) Plays No. 13-Ranked Mandeville (9-2) by Woody Jenkins, editor CENTRAL — The Central Wildcats pounded Ponchatoula for 52 first half points in last Friday’s first round of the state 5A playoffs, took their foot off the gas in the second half, and won a 52-28 victory. This Friday, Central will host […]

BATON ROUGE — It was a cool Thursday night at The Rock, the Redemptorist High School football stadium.  For Dunham coach Guy Mistretta, it was an emotional night — the first time he had brought the Dunham Tigers to Redemptorist where Mistretta had coached for years and won the 2005 State Championship. Coach Sid Edwards […]

BATON ROUGE — Good morning, Lt. Col. McKeon, other distinguished guests, cadets, and most especially, the Hall of Honors honorees. Since its inception in 1860, LSU has produced a long line of military heroes, 12 of whom are being honored today.  Given that, I would like to reflect on what it means to be a […]

GOP Endorsements in Dec. 8 Runoff BATON ROUGE — The Republican Party of East Baton Rouge Parish has endorsed four candidates in the Dec. 8 runoff election.  The endorsements were announced at Tuesday’s Ronald Reagan Newsmaker Luncheon at Café Américain on Jefferson Highway.  The party issued the following comments on its endorsed candidates: • Judge […]

bt Woody Jenkins BATON ROUGE — Voters in the Baton Rouge area face three crucial judicial races on Dec. 8, and there is plenty of reason for concern about the outcome of those three races. The Nov. 6 election will probably be the highest turnout in a four-year period.  But the Dec. 8 election will […]

BATON ROUGE — While waiting along the guard rails to take photos of the LSU Band marching into Tiger Stadium, a security official who happened to be an old friend grabbed me and said, “Hey, you’re marching with the band!  Stand here!”  Made to stand in the circle in front of the J-School, I took […]

GOP Could Get 4-3 Majority on Supreme Court BATON ROUGE — With the results of the Nov. 6 election still settling into people’s minds, candidates who face runoff elections on Dec. 8 are realizing that the December election, held in the middle of Christmas holidays, will be a very low turnout election where every vote will count. […]

Several Well-Known Officials Eye Race CENTRAL — The expected resignation of State Rep. Clif Richardson has some elected officials considering whether to throw their hats into the ring. Metro Councilman Scott Wilson, who was just reelected to a four-year term on the Council, said Wednesday, “I haven’t spoken to Clif in the past few days and […]

CENTRAL — State Rep. Clif Richardson, a Republican who represents most of the City of Central and part of Baton Rouge, will resign from the Louisiana House of Representatives Jan. 3, according to sources close to the legislator. Richardson is reportedly at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, where he is undergoing treatment.  Friends […]