CenLamar | Est. 2006

  • Thank You, Angela Petrus

    From The Town Talk: Angela Petrus didn’t feel her son got justice when his attacker went to court more than a year ago, so she vowed to make a change. And about two years after the Monroe mom started her battle, the fight is nearly won. In October 2008, Kyle Petrus — then 13 and a resident of St. Mary’s Residential Training Facility — had bleach thrown in his face by an employee there. That employee — Gregory McGinnis of Alexandria — pleaded no contest and received only probation, no jail time, for cruelty to the infirmed. “What’s done is…

  • Public Workshops Announced for N. MacArthur Drive/Bolton Avenue Projects

    If you’re interested in discussing the future of two of Alexandria’s most important, historic, and visible corridors with an incredible team of award-winning and world-renowned professionals (seriously), head over to the Bolton Avenue Community Center next Thursday, Friday, or Saturday:

  • National Association of Counties Directly Refutes Police Juror Steve Coco

    On Wednesday, Rapides Parish Police Juror Steve Coco, who calls himself Cenla’s “most qualified, experienced news source,” responded to criticism that he had posted a doctored photograph of President Barack Obama smoking a cigarette by claiming that this photograph had been originally published by the National Association of Counties, the implication being that this photograph was somehow authentic and verified by a national governmental association. Juror Coco wrote: Since blatant ignorance reigns unchecked in Cenla, here’s background information on this photo of Barack Obama (The White House Marlboro Man). Several people continue to claim the picture is a fake. Evidently they…