Capital City News

Only Voters Decide Issue of Whether to Create Municipality SOUTHEAST — The battle to create a new community school system in the southeast part of East Baton Rouge Parish is about to take on a entirely new dimension. Now supporters of the new district say they are considering launching a drive to incorporate Southeast Baton […]

LSU Coach Says It’s Time to Get Serious about Adoption of Kids BATON ROUGE — The Louisiana Family Forum says more than 100,000 children are available for adoption in the United States, including many with special needs.  Here in Louisiana, more than 500 children could be adopted, and the Family Forum has set a goal […]

GOP Nabs ex-General Counsel of Democratic Party BATON ROUGE — Over the past week, three key Democratic officials have announced they are switching to Republican.  Two of them are black conservatives. State Sen. Elbert Guillory of Opelousas announced his change of party registration at a national conference of black conservative leaders held in Baton Rouge […]

Pledges to Fight Crime, Improve Roads With Open, Honest City Administration by Woody Jenkins CENTRAL — Central businessman Jr. Shelton has announced his candidacy for Mayor of the City of Central in municipal election scheduled for Saturday, April 5, 2014.  Shelton narrowly lost the mayor’s job to Mac Watts, the current mayor, in 2010. Shelton […]

Parents Magazine, Healing Place Lead Oklahoma Efforts BATON ROUGE — Parents Magazine and Healing Place Church have been organizing local businesses, churches, and individuals who want to aid victims of the tornado in Moore, Oklahoma. Donations of new crayons, colored pencils, bubbles, board games, books, balls, book bags, band-aids, sippy cups, bottles, pacifiers, toothbrushes, hairbrushes, […]

With Sale of Advocate, Capital City News Is Now Only Locally-Owned Newspaper in BR BATON ROUGE — With the sale of the Advocate newspaper to New Orleans businessman John Georges, the Capital City News is now the only newspaper in Baton Rouge that is locally owned. The New Orleans Times Picayune is also expanding into […]

BATON ROUGE — The Louisiana Dept. of Education announced the results of the LEAP tests for the spring semester, and students of the Central Community School System have vaulted to the No. 2 position in the state, just behind No. 1-ranking Zachary.  The test compares the knowledge of 3rd graders through 8th graders in Louisiana’s […]

Southeast BR School District Nears 70 Votes In State House BATON ROUGE — All eyes are on the Louisiana House of Representatives Thursday as the members prepare to take up two bills that could lead to the creation of the new Southeast Baton Rouge Community School District.  The legislation would affect about 80,000 people in […]

BATON ROUGE — The 2013 St. Michael High School Warrior Awards Dinner was held on Thursday, May 23 at Ashley Manor.  Recognized were two Alumni of the Year, two Warrior Sword winners, and two athlete inductees into the Warrior Wall of Honor. The two athletes inducted into the Wall of Honor this year are both […]

BATON ROUGE — Events coming up in and around the capital city: Saturday, June 1 • Fundraiser • 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Central High Bowling Team will hold a fundraiser at the Piggly Wiggly, 9702 Greenwell Springs.  They will be selling jambalaya, hamburgers with chips, and hot dogs with chips for $5.  All […]