KAJN Jesus FM 102.9


10-29-21

AN ABBEVILLE MAN WANTED ON SEVERAL CHARGES FLED FROM POLICE WHEN THEY ATTEMPTED TO PULL HIM OVER IN ABBEVILLE.  A CHASE, THAT AT TIMES EXCEEDED ONE HUNDRED MILES AN HOUR, ENDED IN A FIELD WHEN THE SUSPECT, JAMIE DAVIS, CROSSED THE INTERSTATE ON FOOT AND ESCAPED INTO AN AREA NEAR NATION ROAD.  K9 OFFICERS WERE BROUGHT IN TO TRY TO FIND DAVIS BUT WERE UNSUCCESSFUL.  DAVIS IS CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS AND ABBEVILLE POLICE ADVISE ANYONE WHO FINDS HIM TO NOT CONFRONT HIM BUT CALL POLICE INSTEAD.

 

FIRED LAFAYETTE POLICE CHIEF THOMAS GLOVER SAYS MAYOR PRESIDENT JOSH GUILLORY’S ADMINISTRATION VIOLATED SEVERAL PROTOCOLS AND PROCEDURES WHEN THEY FIRED HIM WITHOUT REASON.  HE SAYS THAT’S WHY HE HAS FILED AN APPEAL WITH THE CIVIL SERVICE BOARD.  GLOVER SAYS THERE ARE SEVERAL DUE PROCESS VIOLATIONS, AND HE CAN’T SIT IDLY BY AND LET SOMEONE VIOLATE HIS RIGHTS.  GLOVER TELLS KLFY TV HE HOPES THE CIVIL SERVICE BOARD WILL HEAR HIS APPEAL AND RULE IN HIS FAVOR.

 

Early voting begins Saturday in Louisiana’s hurricane-delayed fall election, with four constitutional amendments the only thing facing all voters statewide. The weeklong period for voters to cast their ballots in advance of the Nov. 13 election will feature some changed voting locations in areas damaged by Hurricane Ida and may require some advance homework for people to figure out just what the constitutional changes would do. Twenty-one of Louisiana’s 64 parishes have only the constitutional amendments on the ballot, but the other parishes have local races and propositions facing voters. Early voting runs through Nov. 6, excluding Sunday.

 

GOVERNOR JOHN BEL EDWARDS WAS IN LAKE CHARLES YESTERDAY SURVEYING DAMAGE FROM A TORNADO THAT HIT ON WEDNESDAY.  THE E-F-TWO TORNADO STRUCK SOUTH LAKE CHARLES CAUSING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO ABOUT A DOZEN HOMES AND CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO SEVERAL OTHERS.  REPORTS SAY THE TORNADO WAS ABOUT THREE HUNDRED YARDS WIDE, HAD WIND SPEEDS OF UP TO 130 MILES AN HOUR, AND WAS ON THE GROUND FOR APPROXIMATELY TWO-POINT-TWO MILES.  THE GOVERNOR SAYS AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE WERE INJURED.

 

THE SAINT LANDRY PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM IS THE LATEST ACADIANA PARISH TO MAKE MASKS OPTIONAL IN CLASSROOMS.  THE NEW POLICY BEGINS ON MONDAY, BUT STUDENTS WILL STILL HAVE TO WEAR MASKS ON SCHOOL BUSES.  THE JEFF DAVIS PARISH SCHOOL BOARD LAST NIGHT VOTED TO MAKE MASKING OPTIONAL AND IT GOES INTO EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.  MASKS ARE ALSO OPTIONAL IN CALCASIEU, CAMERON, ALLEN, BEAUREGARD, ACADIA, LAFAYETTE AND VERMILLION PARISHES.

 

ALTHOUGH THE STATEWIDE MASK MANDATE HAS BEEN LIFTED, U-L LAFAYETTE ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY THEY WILL KEEP THEIR CURRENT MASKING POLICY IN PLACE UNTIL THE END OF THE SEMESTER.  THAT MEANS THOSE IN INDOOR SPACES MUST WEAR FACEMASKS UNLESS THEY ARE ALONE IN PRIVATE OFFICES OR WORKSPACES OR PARTICIPATING IN ORGANIZED INDOOR ATHLETIC ACTIVITIES.  A UNIVERSITY PRESS RELEASE SAYS THEIR MASKING PROTOCOL HAS SUCCESSFULLY LIMITED COVID-NINETEEN AND KEEPING IT IN PLACE WILL ENABLE THEM TO PROTECT THE WELLBEING OF THE CAMPUS COMMUNITY.  UNIVERSITY OFFICIALS WILL REVIEW THE MASKING POLICY AGAIN BEFORE THE SPRING SEMESTER.

 

The Louisiana Senate has created a special committee to dig into complaints about the use of excessive force by the State Police. The move comes after troopers have been documented in a series of beatings of Black men that have drawn attention from federal investigators. Senate President Page Cortez told The Associated Press that he set up the seven-member advisory panel in response to requests from senators concerned about troopers’ behavior. Republican Sen. Franklin Foil expects the committee to hear from the State Police and the public with an eye toward developing recommendations for tightened laws regarding use of force that legislators can consider.

 

LEADERS AT OPELOUSAS HIGH SCHOOL ARE HOPING TO GET A FULL TIME POLICE OFFICER TO HELP PATROL THE HALLWAYS.  SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.

 

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