KAJN Jesus FM 102.9


2-13-18

THE CO-CHAIR OF A RECALL EFFORT AGAINST THE LAFAYETTE CITY MARSHAL, WHO WAS FACING CHARGES FOR FAILING TO APPEAR IN COURT FOR ISSUING WORTHLESS CHECKS, WILL NOT BE PROSECUTED.  THE BENCH WARRANT FOR STEVEN WILKERSON WAS FROM 1997 AND DISTRICT ATTORNEY KEITH STUTES DETERMINED THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS HAD LONG PASSED.  WILKERSON WAS ARRESTED BY THE LAFAYETTE CITY MARSHAL’S OFFICE ON THE DAY THE RECALL PETITION FAILED TO GARNER ENOUGH VOTES.  WILKERSON SAYS IN A STATEMENT THAT HE BELIEVES THE ARREST WAS AN ACT OF RETALIATION AND AN UNLAWFUL MISUSE OF OFFICE BY BRIAN POPE.

 

A LAKE CHARLES ATTORNEY SAYS THE CITY IS SEEING MORE EVICTIONS AND IS HOPING THE COMMUNITY WILL ADDRESS THE PROBLEM.  GENIA COLEMAN LEE HANDLES EVICTIONS FOR THE SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA LAW CENTER AND TELLS KPLC TV THAT SHE SEES AN EVICTION AT LEAST ONCE PER DAY.  SHE SAYS A LOT OF LANDLORDS ARE COMPASSIONATE AND WORK WITH THE TENANT BUT ONCE A PERSON IS EVICTED, NOT MUCH CAN BE DONE.  SHE IS HOPING PEOPLE WITH RESOURCES WILL JOIN FORCES TO PROVIDE HELP FOR THE EVICTED SUCH AS GETTING TEMPORARY HOUSING FOR THIRTY TO NINETY DAYS SO THEY CAN SAVE UP FOR A DEPOSIT ON A NEW PLACE.

 

ONE PRISONER WAS INJURED WHEN THE BALDWIN POLICE DEPARTMENT CAUGHT FIRE LAST NIGHT.  JEFF HORCHAK HAS MORE.

 

VOICER Q :15

 

PRESIDENT TRUMP’S PROPOSED BUDGET WOULD LEAVE IN PLACE AN AGREEMENT THAT ALLOWS LOUISIANA TO HAVE A SHARE OF OFFSHORE OIL ROYALTIES THAT THE STATE USES TO FUND COASTAL RESTORATION.  DURING FORMER PRESIDENT BARAK OBAMA’S TENURE AND IN PRESIDENT TRUMP’S FIRST YEAR, THEY BOTH PROPOSED CUTTING OR KEEPING THE ROYALTIES.  THE LOUISIANA CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION HAS MET WITH WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS TO ARGUE THAT THE COASTAL RESTORATION HELPS SAVE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MONEY BECAUSE IT HELPS PROTECT DURING HURRICANES OR OTHER DISASTERS.  U-S SENATOR BILL CASSIDY OF LOUISIANA TELLS THE ADVOCATE THAT HE’S GLAD TO HAVE AN ADMINISTRATION THAT ACTUALLY LISTENED ON THIS MATTER.

 

A NEW IBERIA MAN WAS KILLED IN A MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT YESTERDAY MORNING.  48-YEAR-OLD WADE RENARD WAS TRAVELING EAST ON HIGHWAY 83 WEST OF BALDWIN AT AROUND 6:30 A-M WHEN HE SLAMMED INTO THE BACK OF A PICKUP THAT WAS TURNING ONTO THE HIGHWAY 90 RAMP.  RENARD WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE AND THE PICKUP DRIVER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES.  IMPAIRMENT IS NOT SUSPECTED AS A CAUSE OF THE CRASH, THOUGH TOXICOLOGY SAMPLES WERE TAKEN TO RULE IT OUT.

 

A PEDESTRIAN SURVIVED BEING HIT BY A VEHICLE LAST NIGHT IN LAKE CHARLES.  IT HAPPENED ON RYAN STREET JUST SOUTH OF I-210.  THE WOMAN WHO WAS HIT WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES, ACCORDING TO LT. RICHARD HARRELL WITH THE LAKE CHARLES POLICE DEPARTMENT.  HE SAYS THEY DO NOT BELIEVE IMPAIRMENT WAS A FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT.

 

AN ACADIA PARISH FARMER HAS HAD TO SHUT DOWN HIS CRAWFISH HARVEST BECAUSE OF AN INVASIVE SNAIL THAT CLOGS UP THE CRAWFISH TRAP OPENINGS.  L-S-U AGCENTER RICE SPECIALIST DUSTIN HARRELL SAYS THE APPLE SNAIL LIKELY GOT INTO THE CRAWFISH POND FROM A BAYOU THAT FLOWS INTO THE MERMENTAU RIVER.  HE SAYS THE FARMER WAS GETTING SIX TO TWELVE CRATES OF THE SNAILS EACH DAY OF THE HARVEST, AND DECIDED TO PULL THE TRAPS IN LATE JANUARY.  RESEARCH ECOLOGIST JACOBY CARTER WITH THE U-S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY IN LAFAYETTE TELLS THE ADVOCATE THAT THERE IS A PESTICIDE THAT WILL KILL THE SNAILS, BUT IT WOULD ALSO LIKELY KILL THE CRAWFISH.

 

GOVERNOR JOHN BEL EDWARDS AND TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY SHAWN WILSON ARE BOTH HOPING PRESIDENT TRUMP’S ONE-POINT-5 TRILLION DOLLAR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT PLAN WILL BE APPROVED.  EDWARDS WAS ONE OF EIGHT GOVERNORS INVITED TO THE WHITE HOUSE TO JOIN TRUMP IN TOUTING THE PLAN.  HE SAYS HE HOPES LOUISIANA CAN PARTNER WITH THE PRESIDENT’S TEAM IN IMPROVING INFRASTRUCTURE ACROSS THE STATE, WHICH IS IN SERIOUS NEED OF REPAIR, ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS.  LAST YEAR, THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS GAVE LOUISIANA’S ROADS AND BRIDGES AN OVERALL D-PLUS SCORE.