Capital City News

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 […]

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BATON ROUGE — Events coming up in and around the capital city: Friday, April 19 • District-Wide Strings Rock Concert • 7 p.m. A District-Wide Strings Rock Concert will be held at McKinley Magnet Academic Middle School.  $5 general admission and $2 for students and seniors.  New York City rock violinist Bridgid Bibbens will be a guest […]

KENTWOOD — Galen Iverstine grew up in Central and graduated from Central High School.  But he has given up the “big city” ways of Central to pursue his love of farming as owner of Iverstine Farms in Kentwood in Tangipahoa Parish. Iverstine is a familiar face at the Red Stick Farmers Market in Baton Rouge […]

Red Stick Farmers Market Now Enjoying Its 25th Year BATON ROUGE — The Red Stick Farmers Market began in 1996 as a way to connect Baton Rouge area farmers with the urban market.  It is a producer-only market, which is designed to provide income for Louisiana agribusiness. The market operates from 8 a.m. to 12 noon […]