Penny is the Chief Content Officer for Melara Enterprises and Executive Editor of Baton Rouge Business Report. She has a passion for journalism that makes a difference, epic photography, engaging graphic design and platforms that provide new opportunities for storytelling. She is a national award-winning writer and editor with over three decades of experience in metro markets, including Chicago, Kansas City, Dallas and Baton Rouge. She manages the editorial team for Melara Enterprises that produces 225, inRegister, 10/12 Industry Report and Baton Rouge Business Report.

Family trust, Gonzales shopping center battle it out over 1976 ground lease

An Ascension Parish shopping center with major national tenants that include Office Depot and...

Baton Rouge’s Woman’s Hospital reaches deal to open charter school on its campus

BASIS, one of the most academically demanding charter programs in the nation, has reached...

Feds seek to seize Calmes Motorsports cash

Federal prosecutors plan to seize a $76,188 legal settlement from a now-defunct Denham Springs...

Tickets available to 2017 Business Awards and Hall of Fame gala

Join Business Report and Junior Achievement in honoring this year’s Business Awards and Hall...

Last-ditch settlement conference planned in Cedar Lodge sewer case

A final conference is planned later this month to determine whether an apartment complex,...

Excel Contractors vs. Air Liquide: $1M or more at stake

An industrial utility system that reportedly has experienced past indications of lead in its...

The guide to Baton Rouge Entrepreneurship Week

Starting this weekend, Capital Region entrepreneurs and innovators take center stage. Baton Rouge Entrepreneurship...

Partial settlement reached in decades-old federal racial discrimination lawsuit against plumbers union, others

A decades-old lawsuit that 52 Capital Region African-American workers filed against the United Association...

Widespread destruction of vehicles has area dealers looking for extra inventory to fill rising demand for new cars and trucks

 Though officials numbers are yet to be released, Gerry Lane Enterprises President Eric Lane estimates...