KAJN Jesus FM 102.9


11-28-16

LAFAYETTE POLICE SAY A PEDESTRIAN WAS KILLED EARLY THIS MORNING BY A TRAIN.  JULIE DARCE HAS MORE.

 

VOICER B :12

 

EARLY VOTING FOR THE DECEMBER TENTH ELECTION TAKES PLACE ALL WEEK THROUGH SATURDAY FROM 8:30 TO SIX EACH DAY.  AT THE TOP OF THE BALLOT IS THE U-S SENATE RUNOFF BETWEEN FOSTER CAMPBELL AND JOHN KENNEDY, PLUS THERE ARE U-S HOUSE RACES AND OTHER LOCAL ELECTIONS.  VOTING WAS LIGHT ON THE  FIRST DAY OF EARLY VOTING IN CALCASIEU PARISH.  WHEN THE DOORS CLOSED SATURDAY AT SIX, 255 VOTES HAD BEEN CAST IN MOSS BLUFF, 219 IN SULPHUR AND 218 IN LAKE CHARLES.

 

AN ACCIDENT INVOLVING AN 18 WHEELER AND A CAR CAUSED A TRAFFIC NIGHTMARE ON INTERSTATE TEN SATURDAY.  THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED AT WHISKEY BAY, CAUSING WESTBOUND TRAFFIC TO BACKUP FOR MILES, AND FURTHER BACK, TRAFFIC WAS DIVERTED TO HIGHWAY 190.  STATE POLICE TROOPER FIRST CLASS BRYAN LEE SAYS NO ONE WAS INJURED.  BUT THE CAR CAUGHT FIRE, AND THEN SET THE TRUCK ON FIRE, WHICH WAS CARRYING PEPTO BISMOL.

 

A judge could decide within days whether Gov. John Bel Edwards violated Louisiana’s constitution in giving workplace protections to LGBT people through executive order.  The Democratic governor issued the order in April prohibiting discrimination in government and state contracts based on sexual orientation and gender identity, with an exception for contractors that are religious organizations.

Attorney General Jeff Landry, a Republican, says the order is unconstitutional because it seeks to establish a new protected class of people that doesn’t exist in law and that lawmakers have refused to add.  Judge Todd Hernandez hears the arguments Tuesday.

 

THIS FRIDAY IS THE ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS HELD IN THE OIL CENTER.  THIS YEAR LAGCOE IS PARTICIPATING BY INCLUDING INTERACTIVE ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN DESIGNED TO ENTERTAIN AND EDUCATE THEM ABOUT THE ENERGY INDUSTRY.  FOR INSTANCE, OLDER CHILDREN WILL BE INTRODUCED TO ELECTRICITY AND CIRCUITS USING A SET OF CHRISTMAS LIGHTS, WHILE YOUNGER CHILDREN WILL BUILD OIL DERRICKS WITH POPSICLE STICKS.  THE FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS BEGINS FRIDAY AT FIVE AND ENDS AT NINE.

 

Authorities have released the identity of the man whose body was found floating in a canal Wednesday near Jennings.  Jefferson Davis Parish Coroner Dr. C.J. Deese tells KLFY-TV the victim is 40-year-old Dedrick Gant of Jennings.  The sheriff’s office is investigating the case as a homicide.  A farmer spotted Gant’s body floating in the West Bayou Grand Marais canal around 8:15 a.m. Wednesday.

A man wanted in connection with a shooting death in Louisiana has been arrested in northeastern Oklahoma.  The U.S. Marshals Service says 42-year-old Leland Hamm was arrested Friday in Owasso.  Online records show Hamm is being held without bond in the Tulsa County jail on a fugitive from justice warrant.  The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office in Louisiana says Hamm is wanted in connection with the July 1 shooting death of a Shreveport man at a home in Turkey Creek.

 

The Louisiana Department of Education, in partnership with LSU, is one of seven states awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Education. The state will receive nearly $6.1 million over five years.  This year’s State Personnel Development Grant provides professional development to educators with a focus on improving literacy.  The program provides money to help Louisiana improve preparation programs and professional development for teachers of students with disabilities.