KAJN Jesus FM 102.9


6-9-23

AN OPELOUSAS MAN IS WANTED FOR HOLDING TWIN BABIES HOSTAGE AT AN APARTMENT IN CHURCH POINT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.  POLICE WERE ADVISED OF A DOMESTIC ABUSE INCIDENT AT THE CENTENNIAL VILLAGE APARTMENTS ON WILSON STREET.  FOLLOWING THE INCIDENT, TWENTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD ISIAH DUPREE LOCKED HIMSELF AND THE VICTIM’S CHILDREN IN THE APARTMENT AND HE HAD A GUN.  WHEN POLICE EVENTUALLY MADE THEIR WAY INTO THE APARTMENT, DUPREE WAS GONE AND THE BABIES WERE UNHARMED.

 

WORKERS WITH CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF ACADIANA BROKE UP A HOMELESS CAMP THAT HAD BEEN HOUSING TWENTY-FIVE TO THIRTY PER DAY.  THEY HAD BEEN ALLOWED TO CAMP IN AN EMPTY LOT BEHIND SAINT JOSEPH’S DINER IN LAFAYETTE.  CASE WORKERS ENGAGED WITH PEOPLE TO ASSESS THEIR NEEDS AND DETERMINE IF THEY COULD PLACE THEM IN A SHELTER OUTSIDE LAFAYETTE OR PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION VOUCHERS.  BEN BROUSSARD, THE CHIEF OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS FOR CATHOLIC CHARITIES, SAYS THEIR SHELTER PROGRAMS ARE CONSTANTLY AT CAPACITY, HOUSING ONE HUNDRED FIFTY PEOPLE A NIGHT.

 

A LAKE CHARLES MAN, WHO WAS ALLEGEDLY SEEN ON VIDEO ASSAULTING A GIRL UNDER THE AGE OF TEN, WAS ARRESTED WEDNESDAY.  THE CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE SPECIAL VICTIMS’ UNIT RECEIVED COMPLAINTS AFTER SEVERAL PEOPLE SAW THE VIDEO, WHICH WAS POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA ONE WEEK AGO.  THIRTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD CHRISTOPHER JOLIVETTE WAS CHARGED WITH CRUELTY TO A JUVENILE AND HIS BOND WAS SET AT NINETY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS.  IT WAS ALSO LEARNED THAT JOLIVETTE HAD AN ACTIVE WARRANT AGAINST HIM BY LAKE CHARLES POLICE FOR CHILD DESERTION.

 

In the final half hour of Louisiana’s legislative session, lawmakers hastily passed a budget plan of about $45 billion but have been given little explanation for amendments crafted behind closed doors by a six-member committee. The budget passed Thursday includes spending a chunk of the state’s estimated $2.2 billion in extra revenue on temporary $2,000 teacher pay raises, paying down retirement debt, infrastructure projects and offsetting expiring federal pandemic relief funds used for early childhood education access. The rushed vote has been met with an outcry from House conservatives who argue they didn’t have enough time to read the proposal and accused Republican Speaker Clay Schexnayder of not following floor rules.

 

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, a Democrat, said Thursday he intends to veto a package of bills passed by the GOP-dominated legislature.  They include a ban on gender-transition procedures for minors and a bill keeping teachers from talking about gender and sexuality issues beyond the curriculum. If Edwards blocks the bills, lawmakers can convene for a veto session. Overriding a veto requires support from two-thirds of both the House and Senate — and Republicans hold a two-thirds majority in both chambers.

 

A LONG TIME ACADIANA STORE OWNER AND BOUDIN MAKER PASSED AWAY IN HIS SLEEP WEDNESDAY NIGHT.  NINETY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD WALLACE JOHNSON OWNED JOHNSON’S GROCERY IN EUNICE UNTIL IT CLOSED THREE YEARS AGO.  SINCE THEN, HE HAS WORKED AT JOHNSON’S BOUCANIERE IN LAFAYETTE, WHICH IS OPERATED BY HIS DAUGHTER AND SON-IN-LAW.  THE RESTAURANT WILL BE CLOSED TOMORROW AND SUNDAY TO MOURN’S JOHNSON’S DEATH.

 

THE DEATH OF A BAKER HUGHES EMPLOYEE, WHO DIED WHILE WORKING WEDNESDAY, HAS LEFT THE PEOPLE WHO KNEW HIM IN SHOCK.  SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.

 

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A LAFAYETTE WOMAN WAS TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL FOR EVALUATION WEDNESDAY NIGHT AFTER SHE WENT INTO HER BURNING HOME TO RESCUE HER TWO PET DOGS AND A CAT.  THE SMOKE GOT TOO INTENSE AND THE WOMAN WENT INTO A BEDROOM AND CLOSED THE DOOR WHERE SHE WAS LATER RESCUED.  THE THREE PETS DID NOT SURVIVE.  THE FIRE ORIGINATED IN THE CARPORT OF THE HOME, WHICH IS LOCATED IN THE TWO HUNDRED BLOCK OF GERALD DRIVE, AND THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION.