Capital City News

Edwin Edwards Attends Reunion Of La. Senators BATON ROUGE — Former members of the Louisiana House and Senate returned to the State Capitol Wednesday afternoon for the annual Legislators’ Reunion. Former Gov. Edwin Edwards, who was elected to State Senate in 1965, was the oldest attendee in point of service.   The former governor addressed the Senate […]

BATON ROUGE — The Legislative Fiscal Office this week issued a fiscal note for SB199 by Sen. Bodi White, which would create the Southeast Baton Rouge Community School District.  Here are some of the conclusions: • While the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board would lose $19 million in state general funds, it would actually […]

BATON ROUGE — The Central High School welding team won 1st place at the Associated Builders & Contractors (ABC) Craft Competition on April 11. The welding team competed against 21 other schools and 64 individual competitors.  Each welder was required to weld a vertical and overhead open butt v-groove. In addition to taking a written […]

by Woody Jenkins, Editor BATON ROUGE — Around 6:30 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 28, 2011, Mary Simmers dropped her son off at Central High School and pulled onto Wax Road.  In the fog, she didn’t see the pickup truck until it slammed into her vehicle. Her 10-year-old daughter Emily sat in her seat belt in […]

BATON ROUGE — Events coming up in and around the capital city: Friday, May 3 • St. Alphonsus Appreciation Crawfish Boil • 6:30 p.m. Inviting all adults who are involved in the life of St. Alphonsus parish in all the different organizations, committees, councils, boards, and ministries.  Join Fr. Mike and the parish staff as we say […]

Celebration Begins At 5 p.m. Friday at Baker’s City Park BAKER — The citizens of the City of Baker will celebrate the 125th Anniversary of the founding of their community Friday at 5 p.m. at Baker City Park. It will be a time for people of Baker and the surrounding area to come together and enjoy music, […]

BATON ROUGE — Chili Chef Extraordinaire Bill Smith confided afterwards that he had quietly prayed for good weather.  And though heavy thundershowers were predicted throughout the day for Friday, April 19, by mid-morning, the ominous gray clouds parted, and for lunchtime, the sun brought a welcome warmth to the brisk Spring noonday gathering at LSU’s […]

Though Project Is Not Fully Funded, Planning Process Is Moving Ahead BATON ROUGE — A traffic study conducted by the Baton Rouge Area Chamber in 2010 identified the extension of Hooper Road across the Amite River to Watson as the second most important project in the Baton Rouge area. Now the Hooper Road Extension project is under study […]

35 Awards for State’s Best Non-Daily Community Newspapers Central City News   GENERAL EXCELLENCE 1st Place – Central City News   EDITORIAL   Best News Coverage 1st Place – Staff, Central City News   Community Service – Service to Readers 1st Place – Staff, Central City News – For gathering more than 1,000 comments from […]

As Population, Outlook For Orleans Declines, Capital Seeks Markets With Brighter Prospects BATON ROUGE — The headline in Wednesday’s Advocate was remarkable: “Georges Buys Advocate”.  Now, after more than 100 years, the most important medium in the capital city of Louisiana is under new ownership. People are wondering, “Who is John Georges?” and what will his ownership of […]