KAJN Jesus FM 102.9


3-1-21

TWO MINORS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS PERSONS OF INTEREST IN CONNECTION WITH AN ARSON FIRE IN THE NINE HUNDRED BLOCK OF RENAULD DRIVE  IN SCOTT LATE SUNDAY MORNING.  TWO HUNDRED BALES OF HAY WERE SET ON FIRE.  ALL FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN LAFAYETTE PARISH WERE ON THE SCENE BUT UNABLE TO PUT THE FIRE OUT AFTER TWO HOURS.  SO THEY DECIDED TO PLOW AROUND IT AND LET THE FIRE BURN OUT ON ITS OWN.

 

NEW IBERIA POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR A MAN ACCUSED OF ATTACKING A SCHOOL BUS DRIVER AND A PARENT.  SYLVIA MASTERS REPORTS.

 

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As crawfish season begins, the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality is reminding people not to commit crawfish pollution. Its February newsletter advises not to put crawfish shells or boil water down storm drains, into ditches, or anywhere they could get into bodies of water. The department says that can kill fish and other aquatic species and contribute to wider fish kills and fish diseases. They say the shells should either be double-bagged and put into a secure trash can or buried in your yard as compost.

 

A WOMAN FROM GRAND LAKE IN CAMERON PARISH WAS STABBED MULTIPLE TIMES AT THE GRAND LAKE DELI.  IT HAPPENED SHORTLY AFTER TWO YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.  THE WOMAN’S CONDITION HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED BUT SHERIFF RON JOHNSON SAYS SHE IS EXPECTED TO SURVIVE.  DEPUTIES ARRESTED ASHLEY PICOU, WHO HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED SECOND DEGREE BATTERY.

 

U-L LAFAYETTE EMPLOYEES WILL BE RANDOMLY TESTED FOR COVID-NINETEEN BEGINNING TODAY.  THAT WILL INCLUDE STUDENT WORKERS.  THE UNIVERSITY IS ALSO EXPANDING ITS ON-CAMPUS VACCINATION EFFORTS.  U-L SENIOR COMMUNICATIONS REPRESENTATIVE ERIC MARON SAYS ITS PART OF A STRATEGY TO SAFEGUARD THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF THE CAMPUS AND TO BRING ON-CAMPUS LIFE BACK TO A STATE OF NEAR NORMALCY.

 

RAYNE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED AFTER FOUR SATURDAY AFTERNOON.  ONE PERSON WAS SHOT AND TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL.  POLICE HAVE NOT RELEASED THE VICTIM’S CONDITION.  IT HAPPENED IN THE FIVE HUNDRED BLOCK OF SIXTH STREET.  ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE RAYNE POLICE DEPARTMENT OR CALL CRIME STOPPERS OF ACADIA PARISH AT SEVEN-EIGHT-NINE-TIPS.

 

LOUISIANA HAD JUST OVER A THOUSAND NEW COVID-NINETEEN CONFIRMED CASES IN YESTERDAY’S REPORT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, WHICH COVERED A TWO DAY PERIOD.  THAT PUTS THE TOTAL AT ALMOST THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY THOUSAND.  THE STATE HAD SEVENTEEN MORE DEATHS.  HOSPITALIZATIONS DECREASED BY TWENTY-ONE WHILE THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS ON VENTILATORS IS DOWN BY FOUR.

 

ACADIANA HAD TWO MORE DEATHS, WHICH WERE IN LAFAYETTE AND VERMILLION PARISHES.  SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ADDED ONE MORE DEATH, IN ALLEN PARISH.  THERE WERE ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE NEW CONFIRMED COVID-NINETEEN CASES, INCLUDING THIRTY-SIX IN LAFAYETTE PARISH.  SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ADDED ONE HUNDRED SEVEN MORE CASES.CALCASIEU PARISH HAD THE MOST WITH NINETY-TWO.