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Sunday, November 8, 2009
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Arlene Folmar graduated from Our Lady of the Lake School of Nursing in 1956 with a class of about 25 students.
Folmar eventually helped develop the region’s first coronary care unit and relocated with the Catholic hospital and school from downtown to Essen Lane.
The campaign committee for former gubernatorial candidate Walter Boasso has been found guilty of violating campaign finance laws. Two St. Gabriel police officers were arrested today for allegedly taking $2,000 from a man killed in an August car accident, authorities with Louisiana State Police said. Recently resigned police Officer Leonard P. Jackson is the fourth person to plead guilty to felony charges in a continuing federal investigation of bribery allegations in state and city courts in Baton Rouge. A convicted rapist released from prison six months ago was arrested Tuesday in several robberies and aggravated burglaries between LSU and Midcity. The city-parish will hold a groundbreaking ceremony this morning on $2.4 million in improvements to the Perkins Road/Acadian Thruway intersection, part of the city-parish’s ongoing Green Light Plan. Louisiana has raised over $300 million with a tax amnesty program aimed at lessening the effects of budget cuts. Gov. Bobby Jindal on Wednesday called the program a success, noting that it brought in more than twice as much money as expected. To Mayor-President Kip Holden, the proposed Alive riverfront attraction is key to making his $901 million tax package work. Holden and other Alive supporters say the project — described as an entertainment, educational and research venue — would spur hundreds of millions of dollars in private development downtown. Ramp meters, which would be the first of their kind in Louisiana, are aimed at making it easier to merge onto the interstate. They will force vehicles to proceed one at a time along entrance ramps onto I-12, roughly at four-second intervals. Investigators have yet to determine how an armed robbery suspect died Friday after he fled and fought with police trying to arrest him. The greater Baton Rouge area should see growth in jobs and population through 2012, though with uncertainty in some sectors, such as state government revenue, according to a Baton Rouge Area Chamber forecast released today. If voters approve a $901 million tax package Nov. 14, the River Center complex downtown will be expanded and updated and more parking will be added for visitors. The long-time chief investigator for the local Public Defender's Office admitted in federal court today that he bribed a now former city prosecutor "and other court officials" to fix criminal and traffic cases in Baton Rouge City Court and state District Court in Baton Rouge. A Baton Rouge police officer was shot in the right leg early Sunday morning while working extra duty at a dance party, a police news release says. |
