KAJN Jesus FM 102.9


6-1-23

AN EVANGELINE PARISH INMATE, WHO ESCAPED SUNDAY, IS BACK IN CUSTODY AFTER BEING DETAINED BY LAKE CHARLES AUTHORITIES ON TUESDAY EVENING.  BEFORE HIS ARREST, JODY THOMAS THRASHER CONTACTED KLFY TV TO TELL THEM HE WAS FALSELY ACCUSED AND SET UP BY THE LAW AND THAT HE HAD FOOTAGE HIS WIFE WAS GOING TO GIVE THEM.  THE EVANGELINE PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT SAID IN A NEWS RELEASE THAT THRASHER MADE ARRANGEMENTS TO SURRENDER TO LAFAYETTE POLICE AND THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE BUT THEY CALLED IT OFF AFTER HE CHANGED THE LOCATION OF THE SURRENDER SEVERAL TIMES.  HE WAS LATER ARRESTED AT A LAKE CHARLES HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS RECEIVING TREATMENT FOR AN INJURED FOOT THAT HE SUSTAINED WHEN JUMPING OFF A TWENTY-FOOT EXERCISE WALL DURING HIS ESCAPE.

 

THE NATIONAL SPELLING BEE IS UNDERWAY AND AN ACADIANA STUDENT HAS ADVANCED TO THE FINALS.  THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD AIDEN PHAM FROM SCOTT MIDDLE SCHOOL HAS MADE IT THROUGH THE FIFTH ROUND.  HE COMPETED LAST YEAR IN THE NATIONAL SPELLING BEE, FINISHING ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-THIRD.  PHAM WON THE KIWANIS REGIONAL SPELLING BEE HELD IN MARCH AT S-L-C-C.

 

A JURY FOUND A LAKE CHARLES MAN GUILTY OF TWO COUNTS OF SECOND-DEGREE MURDER FOR A TWENTY-TWENTY FIRE THAT KILLED A WOMAN AND HER TWELVE-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER.  FORTY-YEAR-OLD CASEY M. HATCH ADMITTED TO POLICE THAT HE SET A FIRE IN THE BEDROOM OF A MOBILE HOME ON DOBBERTINE DRIVE IN LAKE CHARLES IN ORDER TO COMMIT SUICIDE.  THIRTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD MARIE BOURQUE AND HER DAUGHTER DIED FROM SMOKE INHALATION BUT HER ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD SON SURVIVED, THOUGH HE WAS IN CRITICAL CONDITION.  HATCH ENDED UP IN THE HOSPITAL AFTER THE FIRE BUT WAS ARRESTED UPON HIS RELEASE.

 

A resolution in the state house, that sought to request K-12 schools and institutions of higher education submit a report of all programs and activities related to critical race theory and diversity, equity and inclusion, was rejected. The resolution was one of over 30 proposed legislative measures this year, introduced by GOP lawmakers in at least a dozen states, that targeted DEI efforts in education. The resolution came before the House Committee of Education for consideration Wednesday before the committee voted to kill the resolution on a 6-5 vote. Two Republican lawmakers joined Democrats to defer the measure.

 

A D-W-I PREVENTION BILL HAS PASSED THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE AND IS SET TO GO INTO LAW LATER THIS YEAR.  SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.

 

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OPELOUSAS POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING WEDNESDAY EVENING THAT LEFT ONE MAN INJURED.  SYLVIA MASTERS REPORTS.

 

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A FORMER LAFAYETTE CITY PARISH COUNCILMAN HAS ANNOUNCED HIS INTENTIONS TO RUN FOR THE LAFAYETE CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE SEAT.  KENNETH BOUDREAUX SERVED TWELVE YEARS ON THE CITY-PARISH COUNCIL UNTIL HE WAS TERM LIMITED IN TWENTY-TWENTY.  BOUDREAUX SAYS HE HAS REMAINED ENGAGED AND ACTIVE IN COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH THE GREATEST NEED.  THE ELECTION TAKES PLACE ON OCTOBER FOURTEENTH.

 

DETECTIVES FROM THE ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE ARE SEEKING THE PUBLIC’S HELP TO SOLVE A COLD CASE HOMOCIDE FROM AUGUST THIRD, TWENTY-NINETEEN.  FORTY-YEAR-OLD TIMOTHY BREAUX OF CROWLEY WAS FOUND DEAD OF A GUNSHOT WOUND ON WILDER ROAD.  BREAUX’S VEHICLE WAS DISCOVERED THE PREVIOUS DAY IN THE TWELVE HUNDRED BLOCK OF WEST FOURTH STREET IN CROWLEY.  ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON THIS CRIME IS ASKED TO CALL SEVEN-EIGHT-NINE-TIPS, WHERE UP TO A TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED DOLLAR REWARD IS BEING OFFERED FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO AN ARREST IN THIS CASE.