Weekly business rail, with tips on how to avoid Michael Jackson-related scams, tips on more fulfilling careers and more.

Weekly financial Q&A, with items on level pay, salesman tips and marital finances.

Community Opportunities of East Ascension kicked off its “Dancing for a Cause” campaign Tuesday night. The fundraising event, modeled after the hit television show “Dancing with the Stars,” will be Aug. 14 in Gonzales, and feature local dancers.

The Ascension Parish Council designated June 28 as Alzheimer's Awareness Day in the parish.

CommCare Corporation, owner and operator of skilled nursing facilities throughout Louisiana and Mississippi, announced the grand opening of its new 134-bed, skilled nursing facility, Old Jefferson Community Care Center, Friday, May 22.

United Community Bank recently announced the promotions of Shawannka Gibson, Brittany Babin, Gina Kirklin, and Veronica Barattini. Danette Duplessis has been named the Main Office Branch Manager.

Kenneth Jones, AIA, GMB, has been inducted into the Louisiana Home Builder Association's Housing Hall of Fame.

BATON ROUGE – BASF’s Geismar site received the 2009 Lantern Award for the company’s excellence in manufacturing and community involvement, presented by Louisiana’s economic development agency and the Industrial Development Executives Association.

BATON ROUGE – The Baton Rouge Area Chamber announced today that the regional economy ranked second out of 310 U.S. metro areas for year-to-year total employment job growth, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

With this year’s harvest of state wine grapes expected to yield a surplus, Cornell Cooperative Extension and New York Wine & Grape Foundation have partnered to help market the fruit to other states.

A swimming pool is almost like a member of your family. It needs to be fed and cleaned, and it needs regular attention.

BATON ROUGE – Area runners will lace up their shoes and begin their Fourth of July holiday with a morning run as they compete in the 25th annual BASF Freedom Mile.

Weekly auto rail, with tips on used-car buying, Car Q&A with Junior Damato and more.

Having seen my share of high school and college graduation speakers in the past few years, I'd like to give a college graduation speech of my own:

Jason Jobes of St. Elizabeth Hospital in Gonzales has been appointed by Dr. Patrick Gallagher, Deputy Director of the Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology, to the 2009 Board of Examiners for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.