KAJN Jesus FM 102.9


6-19-20

LOUISIANA HAS ONE HUNDRED NINETEEN FEWER CORONAVIRUS CASES IN TODAY’S REPORT BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.  THAT’S BECAUSE THE DEPARTMENT FOUND ONE THOUSAND, SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX DUPLICATE CASES AS WELL AS SOME FROM OUT OF STATE.  THERE ARE TWENTY-TWO MORE DEATHS OVER THE LAST TWO DAYS MOVING THE TOTAL UP TO TWO THOUSAND, NINE HUNDRED SEVENTY-TWO.  THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS HOSPITALIZED HAS DECREASED BY TWENTY-FOUR SINCE WEDNESDAY AND EIGHT FEWER PATIENTS ARE ON VENTILATORS.

 

ACADIANA ADDED ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-FOUR MORE CORONAVIRUS CASES OVER THE LAST TWO DAYS AS THE TOTAL CREEPS CLOSER TO FOUR THOUSAND.  THAT INCLUDES SIXTY MORE CASES IN ST. LANDRY PARISH.  HOWEVER, IBERIA PARISH HAD ITS TOTAL ADJUSTED DOWNWARD BY FORTY-TWO.  THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL DEATHS.  THE TOTAL STANDS AT TWO HUNDRED THIRTY.

 

SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA HAD THIRTY-SIX ADDITIONAL CORONAVIRUS CASES SINCE WEDNESDAY, INCLUDING TWENTY-SEVEN IN JEFF DAVIS PARISH.  ALLEN PARISH SAW THEIR TOTAL GO DOWN BY TWENTY.  THE TOTAL IS ONE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED SIXTEEN.  THERE WAS ONE MORE DEATH, WHICH WAS IN BEAUREGARD PARISH.  THE TOTAL IS NOW SEVENTY-SIX.

 

KAPLAN CITY HALL HAS CLOSED THEIR LOBBY TO THE PUBLIC AFTER AN EMPLOYEE TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE CORONAVIRUS.  MAYOR MIKE KLOESEL APOLOGISED IN A FACEBOOK POST, BUT SAID IT WAS NECESSARY FOR THE SAFETY OF EMPLOYEES AND CUSTOMERS.  THE DRIVE THRU WINDOW REMAINS OPEN SO BUSINESS CAN CONTINUE TO BE HANDLED.  KLOESEL SAYS THERE HAS BEEN AN INCREASE IN CONFIRMED CASES IN THE PARISH, AND URGED RESIDENTS TO CONTINUE TO SOCIAL DISTANCE AND WEAR MASKS.

 

Louisiana lawmakers are poised to create a study group to make recommendations about how to improve police training and tactics, address misconduct and recognize racial bias by officers. The legislation by Baton Rouge Democratic Sen. Cleo Fields is nearing final passage. It received unanimous backing of the Senate on Sunday and easily sped through the House criminal justice committee without objection Thursday. It moves next to the House floor, backed by state law enforcement organizations.

 

LAW ENFORCEMENT IS TAKING A HARD LOOK AT THE FUTURE OF THE PROFESSION.  CAROLINE MARCELLO REPORTS.

 

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TWO CROWLEY WOMEN HAVE STARTED A PETITION TO RECALL MAYOR TIM MONCEAUX.  KATHRYN HOLMES AND GWEN SIMON SUBMITTED DOCUMENTATION TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE’S OFFICE YESTERDAY AND THEY HAVE ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY DAYS TO COLLECT TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED SIGNATURES TO FORCE A RECALL VOTE.  HOLMES TELLS KLFY TV THAT LACK OF ACTION BY MONCEAUX HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM.  THEY SAY THEY FEEL THEY WILL GET THE SUPPORT OF CROWLEY’S REGISTERED VOTERS.

 

A PETITION HAS BEEN CREATED TO KEEP THE JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH NAME IN PLACE.  THE PETITION, BY GREG POUSSON, IS IN RESPONSE TO AN EARLIER PETITION ASKING TO CHANGE THE NAME WHICH HAS MORE THAN FOUR HUNDRED SIGNATURES.  JEFFERSON DAVIS WAS THE PRESIDENT OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES DURING THE CIVIL WAR.  POUSSON SAYS CHANGING THE NAME WILL NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEMS GOING ON IN THIS COUNTRY.  HIS PETITION HAD MORE THAN ONE THOUSAND SIGNATURES AS OF YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.