Calling all heroes: Louisiana Public Broadcasting and the Rotary Club of Baton Rouge are looking for the 2019 Louisiana Young Heroes. A Young Hero is an exceptional young person who has excelled in academics, given significantly of themselves through public service, overcome adversity, or inspired others through their deeds and strength of character. Nominees cannot be older than 18 years of age. Nominations and supporting materials are submitted through the online form. This year’s honorees will receive a $1,000 tuition assistance grant and other special awards. The deadline for entries is Nov. 30.
Downtown: The Hammond Downtown Development District has been named a 2019 Great American Main Street Award semifinalist by the National Main Street Center, according to an announcement from the lieutenant governor’s office. Louisiana Main Street began in 1984, with Hammond being one of the first four communities to participate. The 2019 Great American Main Street Award recognizes exceptional Main Street America programs whose successes serve as a model for comprehensive, historic preservation-based commercial district revitalization. Award winners will be announced March 25, 2019 at the opening plenary of the Main Street Now Conference in Seattle, Washington.
Jailhouse blues: Jeffrey K. Skilling, the former Enron CEO sentenced to a long prison term for his role in one of most notorious corporate fraud cases in history, was recently released from a minimum security federal prison camp in Alabama to a halfway house at an undisclosed location, The Houston Chronicle reports. Enron’s spectacular collapse cost investors billions of dollars and wiped out the retirement savings of thousands of employees. Skilling, 64, was convicted of 12 counts of securities fraud, five counts of making false statements to auditors, one count of insider trading and one count of conspiracy in 2006 for his role in hiding debt and orchestrating a web of financial fraud that ended in the Houston company’s bankruptcy. Read the full story.
Editor’s note: In observance of the Labor Day holiday, the offices of Business Report will be closed on Monday, Sept. 3, and Daily Report will not be published. Daily Report will return on Tuesday. Have a safe and happy holiday weekend.
