Browse past news stories for Central High School in Baton Rouge, LA.

• Familiar offense (The Daily Iberian)
  posted on November 29, 2009 at 12:37:57 pm
  New Iberia Senior High football coach Rick Hutson has seen this kind of team before.
• Teacher speaks out about plea deal (WAFB Baton Rouge)
  posted on November 24, 2009 at 04:35:54 am
  A Central High School teacher says a week-long trial changed her life. She pleaded guilty to resisting arrest and disturbing the peace after being accused of cutting a Walmart line in Missouri in 2007.
• Jury deliberating in Heather Ellis trial (WAFB Baton Rouge)
  posted on November 20, 2009 at 07:50:54 pm
  A 24-year-old school teacher from Central High School is accused of cutting in line at Walmart then becoming belligerent and refusing to leave after store managers asked her to go.
• Across the USA News from every state (USA Today)
  posted on October 27, 2009 at 08:04:15 am
  Across the USA News from every state
• 'Quiet but heartfelt compassion': Alexandria teenager wins statewide philanthropy award (The Alexandria Town Talk)
  posted on October 25, 2009 at 08:35:03 am
  Katie Mitchell, 14, of Alexandria keeps a low profile, but someone took notice of her efforts in helping those in need in Central Louisiana.
• Survivors teach breast cancer awareness (WAFB Baton Rouge)
  posted on October 25, 2009 at 03:20:54 am
  Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer among women.  This month, several groups have tried to raise awareness.  They say it's the little things they're doing to get the word out.
• Former Menard High standout Dotson again named conference Runner of the Week (The Alexandria Town Talk)
  posted on September 15, 2009 at 07:59:25 am
  Xavier University of Louisiana cross country standouts Mark Dotson and Ebony Harding are the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Runners of the Week for Sept. 7-13.
• St. Paul's suffers two-point loss (St. Tammany News)
  posted on September 15, 2009 at 05:55:18 am
  The St. Paul’s Wolves ran into a passing buzz saw in the form of the District 10-4A Karr Cougars who ruined their 2009 season opener by handing them a heartbreaking 26-24 loss.
• Deshotels completes Army ROTC course (Gonzales Weekly Citizen)
  posted on September 13, 2009 at 12:49:24 am
  M. Jordan Deshotels graduated from the Army ROTC (Reserve Officer Training Corps) Leader Development and Assessment Course, also known as “Operation Warrior Forge,” at Fort Lewis, Tacoma, Wash.
• Teen arrested on charges of threatening to bring gun to school (KLTV 7 Tyler)
  posted on September 11, 2009 at 10:47:21 pm
  A Central High School student was arrested Tuesday after he allegedly said he was bringing a gun to "shoot up the school."
• Central High student booked with terrorizing (KATC 3 Lafayette)
  posted on September 11, 2009 at 07:55:35 pm
  Associated Press - September 11, 2009 3:54 PM ET CENTRAL, La. (AP) - A student at Central High School has been arrested and booked with terrorizing for allgedly threatening to bring a gun to...
• Central schools see enrollment rise (The Advocate)
  posted on September 1, 2009 at 05:20:48 am
  Central school district officials have hired more teachers and opened additional temporary buildings to accommodate the more than 200 additional students enrolled in the system so far this school year.
• Pump up the jams (The Advocate)
  posted on August 29, 2009 at 05:54:38 am
  The high school football season began in earnest Friday night as jamborees around the area were played. The 60th annual Coca-Cola/EBR Kickoff Classic took place at three venues — Memorial Stadium, Olympia Stadium and Woodlawn High.
• Swine flu hits Baton Rouge schools (WAFB Baton Rouge)
  posted on August 26, 2009 at 01:42:45 am
  The East Baton Rouge Parish School District announced six confirmed cases of swine flu at Baton Rouge Magnet High School. A total of 13 schools have cases of the flu.
• Two more schools confirm swine flu cases (WAFB Baton Rouge)
  posted on August 25, 2009 at 02:27:45 pm
  Letters were sent home with students at two Advance Baton Rouge schools Monday, informing parents about three confirmed cases of swine flu. The schools remain open.
• La. swine flu estimate reaches 20,000 (Opelousas Daily World)
  posted on August 20, 2009 at 07:49:41 am
  BATON ROUGE -- State health officials estimate Louisiana has had 20,000 cases of swine flu since the outbreak began in April, and most of those who have contracted the disease are children and young adults ages 5 to 24 years old.
• Lee Academy legend Barbour to be inducted (The Clarksdale Press Register)
  posted on August 14, 2009 at 03:14:47 pm
  Gene Barbour, the first head master at Lee Academy and a former head basketball and baseball coach, will be posthumously inducted into the Mississippi Private School Coaches’ Association Hall of Fame Saturday in Jackson at the Hilton Hotel & Towers.
• New group starts school year (The Advocate)
  posted on August 11, 2009 at 05:27:50 am
  With girls sitting on the left and boys sitting on the right, Prescott Middle School’s new principal, Perry Daniel, announced the long-troubled middle school isn’t the same place it was last year.
• UGA awards variety of scholarships (The Red and Black)
  posted on July 30, 2009 at 01:40:19 pm
  The University has awarded several scholarships for students as the fall semester approaches. Here is a list of students and the various scholarships.
• From Covington Catholic to LSU (The Cincinnati Enquirer)
  posted on July 11, 2009 at 04:09:55 pm
  Dick Maile laughed as he told how he went from playing at CovCath in the early 1960s to LSU after his school of choice - the University of Kentucky - had spurned him.
• Who Kicked Ass at Seattlest Trivia? (Seattlest)
  posted on July 8, 2009 at 10:38:52 pm
  "bring on the night" by pdgibson, from our Flickr pool Everyone! Eighteen teams packed the Old Pequliar last night to play Seattlest Trivia. Highlights: Smart crowd! Sixteen teams answered more than half the questions correctly. Valiant effort! First-timers Matie took 18th place with 14.5 points, winning swag (a flask, bottle opener, and lanyard). They claimed to enjoy themselves, and were in ...
• NORTH MISSISSIPPI & NORTHWEST ALABAMA (WCBI Columbus)
  posted on July 6, 2009 at 06:29:54 pm
  Starkville, Louisville Students Get Top MSU Scholarships STARKVILLE, Miss.--Six recent high school graduates from the Magnolia, Bayou, Bluegrass, and Peach states are receiving Mississippi State's most prestigious scholarships.
• Central schools consider strict bullying policy (The Advocate)
  posted on July 5, 2009 at 05:24:32 am
  CENTRAL — School bullies may stand head and shoulders above their victims, but newer and more menacing threats are those who use text-messaging and e-mail to harass other students, said Central school system officials.
• MAC Hall of Fame welcomes Langston (The Biloxi Sun Herald)
  posted on June 26, 2009 at 04:02:17 am
  GULFPORT — Ross Langston has seen it all and weathered it all in his 31 years as the athletic trainer for Gulfport High School.
• Groups blast, defend school (The Advocate)
  posted on June 22, 2009 at 05:24:28 am
  MORGANZA — After one year operating as a charter school, Pointe Coupee Central High School’s standardized test scores took a nosedive — most notably in math.
• West Side Education News & Notes (West Side Leader & South Side News Leader)
  posted on June 18, 2009 at 12:25:19 pm
  COPLEY — The Copley-Fairlawn City Schools Board of Education hired Adam Pittis as head Copley High School boys basketball coach for the 2009-10 season.
• Pointe Coupee principal resigns (The Advocate)
  posted on June 6, 2009 at 02:45:54 am
  Pointe Coupee Central High School Principal Harry D. Wright announced his resignation from the charter school Thursday after one year on the job, an Advance Baton Rouge board member confirmed Friday.
• Baseball. Owls Face No. 1 LSU Friday Night On ESPN In NCAA Super Regional (Rice Owls)
  posted on June 5, 2009 at 03:13:40 am
  The sixth-ranked Rice baseball team, 43-16 on the year and the 2009 Conference USA champions, face No. 1 ranked LSU on the road in Baton Rouge, La., in the super regional round of the NCAA Tournament Friday-Sunday (June 5-7). The start times for the best-of-three series are 6:05 pm (Friday), 4:05 pm (Saturday), and 6:05 pm Sunday (if necessary). The winner of a Super Regional advances to the ...
• NFL Capsules: Panthers boss ‘doing great' after heart transplant (The Brownsville Herald)
  posted on May 28, 2009 at 10:19:28 pm
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The SUV pulled in through a rarely used gate Thursday morning. Jerry Richardson wasn't noticed until he had climbed behind the wheel of a golf cart and whizzed onto the field where his Carolina Panthers players were stretching.
• Louisville's Wolfe to transfer to NSU (The Shreveport Times)
  posted on May 6, 2009 at 09:24:17 am
  Northwestern State got a little deeper at quarterback on Tuesday as Tyler Wolfe announced a decision to transfer from the University of Louisville to NSU.