KAJN Jesus FM 102.9


12-5-16

THE SEARCH CONTINUES FOR AN INMATE FROM THE LAFAYETTE PARISH CORRECTIONAL CENTER WHO ESCAPED WHILE WORKING A DETAIL ON WILLOW STREET SATURDAY NIGHT.  JEFF HORCHEK HAS MORE.

 

VOICER G :27

 

AUTHORITIES ARRESTED A MAN WHO FIRED A SHOT IN THE HALLWAY OF A LAKE CHARLES CASINO.  KIM MYERS OF THE CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS 38-YEAR-OLD JOSE CASILLAS WAS ARRESTED AND NO ONE WAS HURT.  IT HAPPENED YESTERDAY AROUND MIDDAY AT THE GOLDEN NUGGET.  THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE GOLDEN NUGGET LAKE CHARLES, GERRY DEL PRETE (PRETTY), TELLS KPLC TV THAT THE CUSTOMER WAS BELIEVED TO BE POSSIBLY INVOLVED IN HORSEPLAY WHEN HE DISLODGED THE GUN.

 

A MAN TRYING TO FLEE FROM POLICE CRASHED HIS VEHICLE INTO THE JOHN N. JOHN BRIDGE IN CROWLEY LAST NIGHT.  POLICE CHIEF JIMMY BROUSSARD SAYS OFFICERS, RESPONDING TO A CALL INVOLVING A DOMESTIC DISPUTE, LEARNED THAT A SUSPECT HAD FLED THE SCENE.  THEY LATER SPOTTED HIS VEHICLE AND ATTEMPTED TO PULL HIM OVER, BUT HE LED THE OFFICERS ON A HIGH SPEED CHASE, WHICH ENDED WITH THE CRASH INTO THE BRIDGE.  THE SUSPECT, 33-YEAR-OLD QUINTON ISTRE, WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES.  MEANWHILE, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICIALS CHECKED THE BRIDGE AND DETERMINED IT WAS SAFE FOR TRAVEL.

 

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards says federal authorities have granted his request for an extension of the filing deadline for those affected by August floods to submit a proof of loss claim.  Edwards, in a statement Friday, said the extension approved by the Federal Emergency Management Agency will give flood victims more time to document their losses and to submit their claims so they can get the funds needed to repair their homes.  The Governor’s Office of Emergency Preparedness and Homeland Security made the official request for an extension on Nov. 29. With the extension, a National Flood Insurance Programs policyholder will have a total of 180 days following the date of loss to provide the completed, signed and sworn-to proof of loss to the insurer.

 

ALL PUBLIC ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS IN LAFAYETTE PARISH WILL BE RECEIVING NEW SCIENCE EQUIPMENT.  THE SCHOOL SYSTEM IS BUDGETING NEARLY 400 THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM ONE TIME FEDERAL FUNDS.  EACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WILL BE RECEIVING A MINIMUM OF TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE SCIENCE EQUIPMENT WHILE EACH MIDDLE SCHOOL WILL BE GIVEN A MINIMUM OF FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE EQUIPMENT.  SCIENCE SPECIALIST SHAUNA LEBLANC SAYS THIS WILL HELP MOVE THEM A LONG WAY TOWARD THEIR GOAL OF HAVING FULLY EQUIPPED 21ST CENTURY SCIENCE CLASSROOMS.

 

SOME RESIDENTS IN SULPHUR HAD TO DEAL WITH WATER IN THEIR HOMES BECAUSE OF HEAVY RAINS SATURDAY.  BREAUX LANE WAS ONE OF THE ROADS THAT WAS FLOODED AND SOME OF THE HOMES RECEIVED FLOODWATERS AS WELL.  ONE RESIDENT, NANCY HYATT, TOLD KPLC THAT THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME HER HOME FLOODED.  HER NEIGHBOR TRICIA BREAUX MATTE SAYS IT’S NORMAL FOR A HOUSE TO FLOOD ABOUT ONCE EVERY THREE MONTHS AND SHE WANTS THE CITY TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE DRAINAGE OR PUT UP BARRICADES SO PEOPLE DON’T DRIVE ON THE ROAD, PUSHING FLOODWATERS INTO THE HOMES.

 

THREE PEOPLE WERE SHOT FRIDAY NIGHT IN A CONVENIENCE STORE PARKING LOT, LOCATED IN THE THREE THOUSAND BLOCK OF WEST ADMIRAL DOYLE IN NEW IBERIA.  THE THREE WERE TAKEN TO LAFAYETTE HOSPITALS WITH NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES.  CAPTAIN WENDELL RABORN WITH THE IBERIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE THE SHOOTING HAPPENED DURING AN ARGUMENT INVOLVING NARCOTICS.  HE SAYS THEY ARE SEARCHING FOR A SUSPECT DESCRIBED AS A BLACK MAN WITH DREADLOCKS, WHO WAS WEARING A BLACK HOODED SWEATSHIRT WITH BLACK PANTS.

 

The Louisiana Department of Education has launched the Louisiana Student Standards Review Portal , which gives parents, educators, and all other   stakeholders the opportunity to provide input on Louisiana’s Student Standards for science.  The portal provides the public with the first look at the initial draft of the new standards, and an opportunity to submit feedback on their content and relevancy in preparing students for a successful transition to college or a career.  The science standards review process, approved by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education in June, is designed to replace Louisiana’s current grade-level expectations for science which were established in 2005.  All public comments received through the portal by Jan. 6 will be shared with the workgroups and committee and will be posted on the department’s website.