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Capital City News editor Woody Jenkins has filed a brief with the 1st Circuit Court of Appeal challenging a ruling by District Judge Janice Clark in the Mall annexation controversy. Jenkins filed suit in June that the Metro Council had no legal authority to annex portions of the Mall of Louisiana. The annexation by the […]

By Woody Jenkins, Editor, Capital City News According to the experts, Baton Rouge and in fact the entire State of Louisiana are either the best possible place in America to live and work or the worst, and there seems to be little in between. Consider this: Baton Rouge is the 4th Happiest City in America […]

Baton Rouge voters will face a host of important races on the Nov. 4 ballot but none is more significant than the U.S. Senate seat from Louisiana. The Senate is hanging by perhaps a single vote and that vote could be decided here. If Mary Landrieu is reelected, that could mean control of the Senate could stay […]

Leaders of the movement to incorporate the proposed City of St. George say they plan to organize the new city based on a 21st century model, rather than the 19th century model used in the vast majority of American cities. For Norman Browning and other leaders of St. George, that means privatization, or contracting with […]

Based on interviews with Norman Browning and other leaders of the movement to incorporate the City of St. George, here are answers to some of the questions people are asking about St. George: Q. Why incorporate the City of St. George? A. First, it will assist the people of our area to start an independent […]

The Central School Board, which serves as the “board of directors” of the Central Community School System will be up for reelection on Tuesday, Nov. 4.  But at the close of qualifying on Aug. 22, only three of the seven school board members drew opposition.  The others will be automatically elected for another four-year term. […]

During Celebration of Life ceremonies honoring the late Ralph Washington, Central Mayor Jr. Shelton praised Washington as “a public servant in the truest sense of the word.”  Shelton said Washington, who served as Mayor Pro-Tem of the City of Central from the city’s formation in July 2005 until July 1, 2014, “walked softly but carried a […]

Dr. Jim Gardner, who played on Central High’s first baseball team in 1951, was on hand last Saturday to inaugurate the new lighting system at The Rock, the Central High baseball field. The event was the first Central High Alumni game, and it represented the first time in the 63-year history of Central High baseball […]

Since approval by the Central City Council of funds to hire a new Assistant Police Chief and additional rent for a larger office, Central Police Chief James Salsbury has moved forward aggressively toward beefing up his department. Using volunteer police officers and donated materials, Salsbury has nearly completed the move to a new 2,200-square-foot space […]

At Central Middle School open house, Jolice Provost of Central City News had her son Luc Alexander Provost in tow when a Central High senior came in the door with her sixth grade brother and asked for instructions.  The young lady looked at Luc’s schedule and asked, “Is that his name?”  Jolice replied, “Yes it […]