KAJN Jesus FM 102.9


1-6-20

ONE MAN IS DEAD AFTER BEING HIT BY A TRUCK IN JEFF DAVIS PARISH.  CAROLINE MARCELLO HAS MORE.

 

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ONE PERSON WAS KILLED AND ANOTHER SERIOUSLY INJURED IN A TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT SUNDAY AFTERNOON ON L-A 103 IN ST. LANDRY PARISH.  STATE POLICE SAY 57-YEAR-OLD STEPHANIE SOILEAU OF VILLE PLATTE DROVE ACROSS THE CENTER LINE AND HIT AN ONCOMING PICKUP TRUCK.  SOILEAU WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE SHE LATER DIED AND THE DRIVER OF THE PICKUP WAS ALSO TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL.  STATE POLICE TOOK TOXICOLOGY SAMPLES FROM BOTH DRIVERS TO DETERMINE IF EITHER WAS IMPAIRED.

 

THE U-S SUPREME COURT WILL CONSIDER A LOUISIANA STATE LAW THAT REQUIRES ABORTION DOCTORS TO HAVE ADMITTING PRIVILEGES AT A HOSPITAL WITHIN THIRTY MILES OF THEIR CLINIC.  IT WILL BE THE FIRST MAJOR ABORTION DECISION SINCE PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP APPOINTED TWO CONSERVATIVE JUSTICES ON THE SUPREME COURT.  THE U-S SOLICITOR GENERAL HAS REQUESTED TIME DURING ORAL ARGUMENT TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE STATE LAW AND RESTRICTIONS ON ABORTIONISTS.  THE CASE IS SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD BY THE JUSTICES ON MARCH FOURTH.

 

JOSH GUILLORY WILL BE SWORN IN TODAY AS THE NEW MAYOR PRESIDENT FOR LAFAYETTE.  GUILLORY AND THE INCOMING PARISH AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL BE SWORN IN THIS AFTERNOON AT THREE AT THE HEYMANN PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.  DARLA MONTGOMERY, THE KLFY NEWS TEN ANCHOR, WILL HOST THE CEREMONY WHICH IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.  BISHOP J. DOUGLAS DESHOTEL WILL DELIVER THE INVOCATION AND THE FAMILY OF SLAIN POLICE OFFICER CORPORAL MICHAEL MIDDLEBROOK WILL LEAD THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

 

REPRESENTATIVES OF THE LAFAYETTE N-DOUBLE-A-C-P ARE RAISING QUESTIONS ABOUT INCOMING MAYOR PRESIDENT JOSH GUILLORY’S DECISION TO GO IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION WITH THE CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT.  THEY HELD A PRESS CONFERENCE YESTERDAY AT THE IMANI TEMPLE ON WILLOW STREET.  LAFAYETTE N-DOUBLE-A-C-P PRESIDENT MARJA BROUSSARD SAYS AFRICAN AMERICANS IN LAFAYETTE HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THE LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHICH HAD SOLVED ALL HOMOCIDES IN 2019 AND HELPED CREATE AN OVERALL LOWER VIOLENT CRIME RATE.  GUILLORY ASKED CURRENT POLICE CHIEF TOBY AGUILLARD TO SUBMIT HIS RESIGNATION OR BE FIRED WHEN HE TOOK OFFICE.

 

LAKE ARTHUR RESIDENTS ARE UNDER A BOIL ADVISORY UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.  THERE WAS A WATER LINE BREAK YESTERDAY MORNING WHICH CAUSED LOW WATER PRESSURE IN CERTAIN AREAS.  IF YOU WERE WITHOUT WATER, RUN FAUCETS UNTIL THE WATER IS CLEAR AND BOIL WATER BEFORE CONSUMING IT.  THE BOIL ADVISORY WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HOSPITALS LIFTS IT.

 

A BUNKIE MAN WAS SHOT AND KILLED DURING A CONCERT AT AROUND ONE A-M YESTERDAY MORNING IN OPELOUSAS.  THE 28-YEAR-OLD WAS TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL IN A PRIVATE CAR WHERE HE LATER DIED.  THE SHOOTING HAPPENED ON THE YAMBILEE GROUNDS.  HIS NAME HAS NOT YET BEEN RELEASED.  ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CONTACT ST. LANDRY CRIME STOPPERS AT 948-TIPS.

 

The 2019 Louisiana governor’s race that saw Democrat John Bel Edwards win reelection to a second term was the most expensive gubernatorial competition in state history. Candidates, their allies and their foes spent about $73 million. The three major candidates alone — Edwards, Republican U.S. Rep. Ralph Abraham and GOP businessman Eddie Rispone — spent about $47 million. Major political action committees accounted for the rest of the dollars.