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• Central High School graduate remembered as long fight against cancer ends

  June 29, 2023 2:23 PM

  CENTRAL - Friends and family are paying their respects to a recent Central High School graduate whose fierce battle against cancer recently came to an end. Jackson Blayne Griffin passed away on Saturday at the age of 19. Visitation took place at Greenoaks Funeral Home on Wednesday and... more »

• After first canceling National Anthem, Central High to sing it at Friday pep rally Play Video

  September 28, 2017 10:19 AM

  CENTRAL – Central High School will have the national anthem play at its homecoming pep rally Friday, after outraged families responded to an announcement that the school planned to skip the song. Sandy Davis, the assistant superintendent, said the original decision to not perform the anthem was made "amid... more »

• Teen accused of setting fire to items in Central High concession stand Play Video

  May 23, 2017 8:16 AM

  CENTRAL - Deputies say a teen faces a slew of charges after he allegedly broke into the Central High School baseball concession stand and set fire to some items last month. Cole Allen, 18, was charged with burglary, simple arson, simple criminal damage to property, four counts of simple... more »

• Victim in Wax Road crash near Central High School dies

  February 16, 2017 6:08 PM

  CENTRAL – The driver in a crash on Wax Road near Central High School has died, according to the Central Police Department. The victim has been identified as 53-year-old Hodges Curry of Denham Springs. The crash involved a Fed Ex truck and another vehicle. The driver of the... more »

• Officer killed in ambush to be inducted into Central High Hall of Fame

  September 28, 2016 7:16 PM

  BATON ROUGE – Central High School announced that Baton Rouge Police Officer Matthew Gerald will be inducted into the school’s Hall of Fame. Gerald was killed in an ambush shooting on Airline Highway in Baton Rouge in July. The ceremony will be held during the halftime of the... more »

• Central High honoring alumni Devon Gales Play Video

  October 2, 2015 11:24 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Under the Friday night lights, plays honored a former Central Wildcat. Starting with Friday's game against McKinley, the Central football team will wear blue and gold stickers in the shape of ribbons on the backs of helmets for Southern University football player Devon Gales. Gales, a... more »