KAJN Jesus FM 102.9


1-22-25

THE GYMNASIUM ROOF AT THE POINT CHURCH IN CHURCH POINT COLLAPSED UNDER THE WEIGHT OF SNOW.  THE CHURCH POSTED VIDEO ON SOCIAL MEDIA SHOWING THE DAMAGE TO THE ACTIVITY CENTER.  THEY SAYS THE ACTIVITY CENTER IS THE HOME TO THE KID’S CHURCH AND WHERE GROUPS GATHER FOR WEEKLY BASKETBALL AND VOLLEYBALL.  THE CHURCH SAID IN THE POST THAT THEY ARE DISAPPOINTED BUT LOOK FORWARD TO THE FUTURE WITH HOPE, KNOWING GOD HAS A PLAN.

 

THE HEAVY SNOW ALSO CAUSED SOME STRUCTURAL COLLAPSES IN JENNINGS YESTERDAY.  THE ROOF OF THE OLD SEVEN-UP PLANT ON NORTH LAKE ARTHUR AVENUE COLLAPSED.  ALSO THE PAVILION AT MARCUS CAIN PARK COLLAPSED BECAUSE OF THE SNOW.  POLICE CHIEF DANNY SEMMES SAYS THERE WERE NO INJURIES IN EITHER INCIDENT.

 

GOVERNOR JEFF LANDRY AND STATE OFFICIALS HELD A PRESS CONFERENCE YESTERDAY TO ADDRESS THE HEAVY SNOW THAT’S HIT LOUISIANA.  LANDRY ANNOUNCED THAT STATE OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED TOMORROW.  D-O-T-D SECRETARY JOE DONOHUE SAYS ROADS IN THE STATE WILL NOT BE SAFE TO TRAVEL TODAY.  STATE POLICE SUPERINTENDENT ROBERT HODGES URGES RESIDENTS TO STAY OFF THE ROADS, SAYING THEY RESPONDED TO OVER FIFTY WEATHER-RELATED CRASHES ACROSS THE STATE AS OF YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.

 

THE WINTRY WEATHER HAS LED TO MANY ROAD CLOSURES.  HERE’S GEORGE FAUST WITH THAT INFORMATION.

 

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LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOLS WILL BE CLOSED TOMORROW.  THE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT IN A TEXT TO TEACHERS.  THEY CITED UNSAFE ROAD CONDITIONS AS THE REASON.  FACILITIES TEAMS AND ADMINISTRATORS WILL BE INSPECTING SCHOOLS TO MAKE SURE ALL SYSTEMS ARE WORKING BEFORE STUDENTS RETURN TO CLASSES.

 

CROWLEY FIREFIGHTERS WERE CALLED INTO ACTION YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.  TWO HOMES CAUGHT FIRE.  THEY WERE LOCATED AT NORTH AVENUE B AND WEST FOURTH STREET.  THERE IS NO WORD YET ON THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE OR IF THERE WERE ANY INJURIES.

 

ENFORCEMENT AGENTS WITH THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES CAME TO THE RESCUE OF TWO DUCK HUNTERS IN SAINT MARTIN PARISH.  THE HUNTERS WERE IN A DUCK BLIND ON HENDERSON LAKE AND, WHEN THEY GOT READY TO GO, THEIR BOAT MOTOR WOULDN’T START.  THE AGENTS BROUGHT THE HUNTERS BACK TO THEIR TRUCK AND FOLLOWED THEM TO LAFAYETTE.  THEY TIED THE BOAT TO THE DUCK BLIND FOR THE HUNTERS TO PICK UP AT A LATER DATE.

 

ONE PERSON WAS KILLED MONDAY NIGHT IN A SHOOTING AT THE PECAN ACRES APARTMENTS IN LAKE CHARLES.  THE FAMILY OF TWENTY-YEAR-OLD TYLER LEBLEU TELLS KPLC TV THAT HE WAS THE VICTIM IN THE SHOOTING.  HIS SISTER SAYS LEBLEU HAD MOVED INTO THE APARTMENT FRIDAY.  THIS IS THE THIRD DEADLY SHOOTING IN FIVE MONTHS AT THE PECAN ACRES APARTMENTS.