KAJN Jesus FM 102.9


10-13-16

REPAIR WORK ON CAMELIA BOULEVARD IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED UNTIL AFTER THE HOLIDAYS.  WORK CREWS ARE REPAIRING EXPANSION JOINTS THAT ARE UNDER STRESS AND CAUSING THE PAVEMENT TO CRACK.  THE ROADWAY IS ONLY 13 YEARS OLD AND PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR TOM CARROLL SAYS THAT THEY SHOULDN’T BE HAVING THESE PROBLEMS NOW.  AN INVESTIGATION BY THE DAILY ADVERTISER REVEALS THAT FORMER CITY PARISH PRESIDENT WALTER COMEAUX PRESSURED THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY TO FINISH BUILDING THE ROAD BEFORE HIS TERM IN OFFICE EXPIRED.

 

THERE ARE NOW MORE TEMPORARY WORKERS IN CAMERON PARISH THAN THE ACTUAL POPULATION.  CLAIRE HEBERT MARCEAUX WITH THE WEST CAMERON PORT, HARBOR AND TERMINAL DISTRICT SAYS THE POPULATION OF THE PARISH IS ESTIMATED AT JUST UNDER 69-HUNDRED, WHILE THE NUMBER OF TEMPORARY WORKERS AT TWO MAJOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN JOHNSON BAYOU AND HACKBERRY EXCEEDS 75-HUNDRED.  CAMERON PARISH SHERIFF RON JOHNSON SAYS THEY’VE SEEN A HUGE INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS RECEIVED THIS YEAR, WHICH HE ATTRIBUTES TO THE INFLUX OF TEMPORARY WORKERS IN THE AREA.  HE TELLS KPLC TV THAT THEY ARE PAYING OVERTIME AND GETTING EXTRA DEPUTIES INTO THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE PARISH, BUT THEY WILL NEED TO HIRE MORE DEPUTIES.

 

TWO PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN SEPARATE ACCIDENTS TUESDAY NIGHT ON ACADIANA ROADWAYS.  40-YEAR-OLD CHRISTOPHER RICHARD OF ST. MARTINVILLE FLIPPED HIS VEHICLE WHEN HE WENT OFF OF L-A 328 IN ST. MARTIN PARISH.  RICHARD WASN’T WEARING A SEATBELT AND WAS KILLED WHEN HE GOT THROWN FROM THE VEHICLE.  IN THE SECOND ACCIDENT, 34-YEAR-OLD AL FOURNIER OF LAWTELL WAS KILLED WHEN HE REARENDED AN

S-U-V ON HIS MOTORCYCLE ON HIGHWAY 167.

 

THE DEADLINE TO APPLY FOR FEDERAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE HAS BEEN PUSHED BACK A MONTH.  THE ORIGINAL DEADLINE WAS TODAY, BUT NOW IT WILL BE ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14TH.  REGISTRATION IS OPEN ONLY IN CERTAIN PARISHES INCLUDING ACADIA, EVANGELINE, IBERIA, JEFF DAVIS, LAFAYETTE, ST. LANDRY, ST. MARTIN AND VERMILLION PARISHES.  REGISTRATION CAN BE DONE ONLINE AT DISASTER ASSISTANCE-DOT-COM OR BY CALLING 1-800-621-33-62.

 

A JOB FAIR WILL BE HELD THIS MORNING AT THE HEYMANN CENTER IN LAFAYETTE.  THE LOUISIANA WORKFORCE COMMISSION AND LOCAL COMMUNITY AGENCIES ARE PUTTING ON THE ACADIANA DIVERSITY JOB FAIR.  AREA BUSINESSES WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO MEET WITH PEOPLE LOOKING FOR WORK FROM NINE TO NOON TODAY.  ABOUT 400 JOB SEEKERS ATTENDED LAST YEAR’S EVENT.

 

THE FIRE CHIEF FOR IOWA HAS RESIGNED HER POSITION.  THE DECISION BY SANDRA MILLER COMES AFTER HER ARREST IN SEPTEMBER FOR PURCHASING PILLS CONTAINING HEROIN.  MILLER SUBMITTED HER RESIGNATION BY EMAIL TO THE MAYOR BEFORE A TOWN COUNCIL MEETING THAT NIGHT.  ASSISTANT CHIEF PHIL MALLETT IS SERVING AS THE INTERIM CHIEF UNTIL THE MAYOR FINDS A PERMANENT REPLACEMENT.

 

THE IBERIA PARISH MOSQUITO ABATEMENT DISTRICT WILL CONDUCT AERIAL OPERATIONS TONIGHT.  JULIE DARCE HAS MORE.

 

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OFFICIALS FROM ACROSS ACADIANA ADVOCATED FOR A LONG LIST OF ROAD PROJECTS BEFORE MEMBERS OF THE JOINT TRANSPORTATION, HIGHWAYS AND PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE.  THE COMMITTEE DOES AN ANNUAL TOUR AROUND THE STATE TO MEET WITH LOCAL OFFICIALS, AND, YESTERDAY, THEY STOPPED IN LAFAYETTE.  AREA LEADERS FROM LAFAYETTE ADVOCATED FOR EXTENDING I-49 SOUTH FROM LAFAYETTE TO NEW ORLEANS, A PROJECT ESTIMATED TO COST AS MUCH AS ONE BILLION DOLLARS.  JASON EL KOUBI OF THE REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GROUP ONE ACADIANA, SAYS THE WHEN HE TALKS TO BUSINESS LEADERS ABOUT WHAT THEY CONSIDER TO BE INFRASTRUCTURE PRIORITIES, I-49 SOUTH CONTINUALLY TOPS THE LIST.