Coach Kenny Guillot Retires as Parkview Head Coach

Coach Kenny Guillot Retires as Parkview Head Coach

Parkview Baptist head football coach Kenny Guillot tendered his resignation last month and will become the school’s Athletic Director.  After 15 highly successful seasons and four state championships, this role model for Louisiana players and coaches is stepping down from the demanding position as head coach due to health reasons. I have had a special […]

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Woodlawn Senior Tells Why He’s for St. George

Woodlawn Senior Tells Why He’s for St. George

Zachary Rogers may only be 19 years old and a senior at Woodlawn High School, but he is a strong voice for incorporating St. George and creating the Southeast school district.  Zachary testified at the legislature last May in favor of the new school system and gave TV interviews.  Now he’s busy waving signs and […]

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Has ‘Together Baton Rouge’ Hijacked the Opposition?

  Opponents of incorporating the proposed City of St. George gained a round of publicity this week with a rally of more than 250 people at St. Patrick Catholic Church. But behind the headlines and unreported by the media was something supporters of St. George say they find disturbing — few of those in attendance […]

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Youth Driving Much of Enthusiasm in Favor of St. George

Youth Driving Much of Enthusiasm in Favor of St. George

Erin Kelley is excited, because she’s getting married this week, but she’s also very worried about the family she hopes to raise.  She and her husband-to-be have just bought a home in Oak Hills in the proposed City of St. George. “How are we going to pay $30,000 a year in tuition to send our […]

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EBR School Board Has No Debt: Why That’s Good for St. George

An inquiry by the Capital City News has revealed that the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board has no bonded indebtedness. That’s good news for taxpayers in EBR and in the proposed St. George School District.  It means that all school facilities in the proposed school district are already paid for, and there is no […]

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The Year of  St. George

The Year of St. George

Both the Baton Rouge Advocate and the Times-Picayune voted the movement to incorporate the City of St. George as the No. 1 news story in the capital region during 2013.  But the story is growing even larger every day. Here is a timeline of events likely to unfold during 2014: • Petition Drive.  Every Saturday, […]

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Col. Rob Maness Brings Senate Campaign to BR

Col. Rob Maness Brings Senate Campaign to BR

COL. ROB MANESS, USAF (ret.) brought his candidacy for the United States Senate to Baton Rouge Tuesday with a call to balance the federal government, limit the federal government to its lawful powers, support the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, protect the free enterprise system, and strengthen the national defense. Maness spoke to a […]

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The Incredible Power of a Teacher

The Incredible Power of a Teacher

“The Incredible Power of a Teacher” is enough to change lives and change the world, according to former high school teacher and motivational speaker Larry Bell. Teachers can do that through creating high expectations.  “It doesn’t matter what race you are or what status you have.  All of God’s children can teach all of God’s […]

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Newspaper Wins Top National Honors

Newspaper Wins Top National Honors

Louis (Woody) Jenkins, editor and publisher of the Central City News and Capital City News was on hand in Phoenix, AZ, at the National Newspaper Association’s 127th Annual Convention to accept one of the organization’s top awards for 2013 The Central City News received the General Excellence Award as one of the Top 4 community […]

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Crosstown Busing Still in Full Swing

Crosstown Busing Still in Full Swing

Some people in Baton Rouge think that when the U.S. Department of Justice ended its consent order over public schools in East Baton Rouge Parish that busing in the parish also ended.  But busing has not ended. Case in point: Woodlawn Middle School. The East Baton Rouge Parish School Board — not the federal courts […]

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