KAJN Jesus FM 102.9


3-20-23

A CHURCH POINT MAN WAS ARRESTED THURSDAY AFTER THERE WERE REPORTS OF GUNSHOTS FIRED IN THE AREA OF WILSON STREET.  A CHURCH POINT POLICE OFFICER PULLED OVER A VEHICLE THAT WAS QUICKLY LEAVING THAT AREA.  THE DRIVER, NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD CHRISTOPHER DUGAS JUNIOR, TOLD THE OFFICER HE WAS THE ONE SHOT AT BUT HE WAS ARRESTED AFTER THE OFFICER FOUND A HANDGUN WITH AN EXTENDED MAGAZINE AND NEARLY ONE-AND-A-HALF GRAMS OF SYNTHETIC MARIJUANA IN HIS VEHICLE.  IT WAS LATER LEARNED DUGAS HAD ACTIVE WARRANTS FROM CROWLEY POLICE FOR DOMESTIC ABUSE AND HOME INVASION.

 

MANY SCOTT RESIDENTS ARE BACK IN THEIR HOMES TODAY AFTER AN ACID SPILL LED TO AN EVACUATION ORDER.  SYLVIA MASTERS HAS THE DETAILS.

 

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ELIMINATING THE STATE PERSONAL INCOME TAX IS EXPECTED TO BE A SIGNIFICANT TOPIC OF DISCUSSION DURING THE LEGISLATURE’S UPCOMING SESSION.  THAT’S ACCORDING TO BEVERLY HAYDEL, THE LEAD CONSULTANT FOR THE LOUISIANA ASSOCIATION OF BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY, WHO SPOKE DURING A LEGISLATIVE OUTLOOK EVENT THURSDAY.  REPUBLICAN STATE REPRESENTATIVE RICHARD NELSON OF MANDEVILLE, A GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE, IS EXPECTED TO CHAMPION THE ISSUE DURING THE SESSION.  HAYDEL SAYS SHE ALSO EXPECTS FURTHER ATTEMPTS TO CENTRALIZE SALES TAX COLLECTIONS THROUGHOUT THE STATE DURING THE SESSION.

 

A FIFTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD PONCHATOULA MAN WAS KILLED FRIDAY MORNING IN A CRASH ON I-TEN WEST OF L-A TWENTY-SIX IN JEFF DAVIS PARISH.  STATE POLICE SAY THE DRIVER OF A CHEVY PICKUP LOST CONTROL WHEN IT HYDROPLANED DURING A HEAVY RAINSTORM.  THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL, TRAVELED THROUGH A DITCH AND HIT A TREE.  PHILLIP COOPER THE THIRD, WHO WAS IN THE REAR SEAT, WAS KILLED WHILE THE DRIVER AND TWO OTHER PASSENGERS SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES.

 

THE FAMILY OF AN OPELOUSAS WOMAN WAS FINALLY ABLE TO HAVE A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR HER REMAINS, WHICH WERE HELD IN A D-N-A LAB FOR YEARS.  ERICA NICOLE HUNT WENT MISSING AFTER A FAMILY GATHERING ON JULY FOURTH, TWENTY-SIXTEEN AND HER REMAINS WERE FOUND IN DECEMBER OF TWENTY-EIGHTEEN NEAR VILLE PLATTE.  SHE’S BEEN THE FOCUS OF A HOMOCIDE INVESTIGATION LED BY STATE POLICE WITH THE HELP OF THE EVANGELINE PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE.  HER MOTHER, SHANNON ISAAC, TELLS KLFY TV IT WAS A GOOD FEELING TO PUT HER REMAINS TO REST EVEN THOUGH THEY STILL HAVE NOT RECEIVED JUSTICE YET.

 

THE SECOND PHASE OF THE I-TEN OVERPASS REPLACEMENT PROJECT HAPPENED OVER THE WEEKEND.  I-FORTY-NINE NORTHBOUND AT THE I-TEN OVERPASS WAS CLOSED OVER THE WEEKEND AND WAS SCHEDULED TO END AT FOUR THIS MORNING.  NEWLY CONSTRUCTED GIRDERS AND A BRIDGE DECK WERE INSTALLED.  A CONCRETE CLOSURE POUR WAS THEN PERFORMED TO TIE IN ALL THE NEW COMPONENTS TO THE EXISTING BRIDGE OVERPASS.

 

NEW RESEARCH SHOWS LOUISIANA RANKS NEAR THE TOP WHEN IT COMES TO HIGH UTILITY BILLS.  SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.

 

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A TURKEY CREEK WOMAN WAS ARRESTED BY EVANGELINE PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES AFTER SHE ALLEGEDLY MADE PURCHASES USING A CO-WORKER’S CREDIT CARDS.  MEGAN MAHAFFEY WAS CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF FELONY THEFT AND TWO COUNTS OF MONETARY INSTRUMENT ABUSE.  THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE RECEIVED A COMPLAINT ON FEBRUARY FOURTEENTH ABOUT THE THEFT OF TWO CREDIT CARDS.  DURING THE INVESTIGATION, MAHAFFEY ALLEGEDLY ADMITTED TO TAKING THE CREDIT CARDS AND MAKING MULTIPLE TRANSACTIONS WITH THEM.