KAJN Jesus FM 102.9


3-11-15

LAFAYETTE CITY PARISH STAFF HAVE BEEN LAYING OUT THE DETAILS ON A PROPOSED UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE AT A SERIES OF MEETINGS THIS WEEK.  PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR KEVIN BLANCHARD SAYS THE GOAL OF THE NEW CODE IS TO LURE DEVELOPERS BACK TO THE CITY, BECAUSE TAX REVENUES ARE NOT KEEPING PACE WITH THE DEMANDS IN RURAL AREAS FOR ROADS, WATER LINES AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE.  THE U-D-C WOULD MAKE IT MORE PROFITABLE AND EASIER FOR DEVELOPERS TO BUILD WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.  TWO MORE WORKSHOPS ARE PLANNED FOR THIS WEEK…AT THE ROSA PARKS TRANSPORTATION CENTER TOMORROW MORNING FROM 8 TO 11 AND ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON FROM 1:30 TO 4:30.

AN 18-WHEELER LOST ITS TRAILER YESTERDAY AFTERNOON ON INTERSTATE TEN, LEADING AUTHORITIES TO SHUT DOWN THE EASTBOUND ON-RAMP IN IOWA FOR SEVERAL HOURS.  THE TRAILER CONTAINED A NONPOISONOUS CHEMICAL, EPICHLOROHYDRIN.  SERGEANT JAMES ANDERSON OF THE STATE POLICE SAYS THE TRAILER WAS NOT LEAKING, SO THERE WERE NO EVACUATIONS.  HE SAYS THE TRAFFIC ON THE INTERSTATE WAS NOT AFFECTED.

CROWLEY POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR THREE FUGITIVES, WANTED FOR DEALING CRACK COCAINE.  THEY ARE 32-YEAR-OLD CARLETTE DAVIS, 35-YEAR-OLD BOBBY DEWAYNE STEPHEN, AND 42-YEAR-OLD GEARY WILKINS THE THIRD, ALL OF CROWLEY.  ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON THEIR WHEREABOUTS CAN CALL CRIME STOPPERS OF ACADIA PARISH AT 789-TIPS.  ALL CALLERS REMAIN ANONYMOUS AND ARE ELIGIBLE FOR UP TO A ONE THOUSAND DOLLAR REWARD.

New figures show that 186,277 Louisiana residents have enrolled in the federal health insurance marketplace.  The numbers were released Tuesday by the Department of Health and Human Services. Of those enrolled through the federal marketplace, 89 percent — or 165,787 — qualified for subsidies in the form of tax credits.  The department said 108,041 of those with federal marketplace coverage, about 58 percent, are new enrollees who did not have marketplace coverage as of Nov. 14.

 

THE HIGH PROFILE SETH FONTENOT MURDER TRIAL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN NEXT WEEK.  JULIE DARCE HAS MORE.

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PEOPLE WHO COMMITTED AN OFFENSE THAT RESULTED IN A CRIMINAL RECORD COULD HAVE THEIR RECORD EXPUNGED AT NO CHARGE.  THE SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA LAW CENTER IN LAKE CHARLES AND THE VISA COALITION HAVE LAUNCHED A FREE EXPUNGEMENT INITIATIVE.  THE DIRECTOR OF THE SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA LAW CENTER, MARK JUDSON, TELLS KPLC TV THAT THEY HAVE ENOUGH FUNDING TO DO FIFTEEN FREE EXPUNGEMENTS.  HE SAYS THIS IS FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE ONE LITTLE INCIDENT INVOLVING LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND IT’S PREVENTING THEM FROM GETTING A JOB.

 

THE HEAD OF ST. MARY PARISH SCHOOLS SAYS HE HAS SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION  TO BECOME SUPERINTENDENT OF THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM.  SUPERINTENDENT DONALD AGUILLARD SAID HE GAVE HIS APPLICATION AND OTHER MATERIALS TO THE LAFAYETTE DISTRICT ON MONDAY.  AGUILLARD APPLIED FOR THE JOB IN 2011 AS WELL, BUT PULLED HIS NAME FROM CONSIDERATION BEFORE THE FINAL VOTE, SAYING HIS CAREER GOAS WERE MORE CLOSELY ALIGNED WITH ST. MARY PARISH.  THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD IS SEEKING TO FIND A REPLACEMENT FOR DR. PAT COOPER, WHO WAS FIRED LAST NOVEMBER.

 

THIS WEEK THE LOUISIANA OFFICE OF MOTOR VEHICLES WILL BEGIN ISSUING A NEW FORMAT FOR ALL CLASSES OF LOUISIANA DRIVER’S LICENSES, INCLUDING IDENTIFICATION CARDS AND HANDICAP PLACARDS.  THE NEW LICENSES HAVE MULTIPLE LAYERS OF SECURITY COMPONENTS AND DESIGN FEATURES FOR GREATER SECURITY, PROTECTION OF PRIVACY, AND RESISTANCE TO TAMPERING.  YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO OBTAIN A NEW LICENSE OR IDENTIFICATION UNTIL YOUR CURRENT ONE EXPIRES.  THE PROCESS FOR OBTAINING OR RENEWING A LICENSE WILL NOT CHANGE AND THE COST WILL REMAIN THE SAME.