KAJN Jesus FM 102.9


8-26-22

THREE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED IN VERMILLION PARISH FOR THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN THE RAPE OF A FIVE-YEAR-OLD.  DANIELLE JOHNSON REPORTS.

 

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THE SAVOY FAMILY TREEHOUSE IS NOW OPEN AT MONCUS PARK IN LAFAYETTE.  THE TREEHOUSE, DESIGNED BY WORLD-RENOWNED DESIGNER PETE NELSON, IS WITHIN A LIVE OAK AT THE SWAMP-THEMED PLAY AREA.  MONCUS PARK EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR J-P MCFADYEN CALLS IT AN INCREDIBLE, UNIQUE FEATURE AT THE PARK FOR THE COMMUNITY.  HE SAYS THEY KNOW MANY NEW TREASURED MEMORIES WILL BE CREATED AT THE PARK FOR LOCAL FAMILIES AND TOURISTS VISITING ACADIANA.

 

A LANE CLOSURE PROJECT WILL BEGIN MONDAY IN WELSH.  THE D-O-T-D ANNOUNCED THAT THERE WILL BE ALTERNATING CLOSURES DURING THE DAY ON L-A NINETY-NINE AT THE I-TEN EAST AND WESTBOUND INTERCHANGES.  THEY SAY A CONTRACTOR IS WORKING TO COMPLETE REQUIRED SLOPE REPAIR AND OTHER RELATED WORK.  THE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO BE FINISHED IN MID-NOVEMBER.

 

LOUISIANA ATTORNEY GENERAL JEFF LANDRY HAS FILED A MOTION TO INTERVENE IN A LAWSUIT BY COMMERCIAL FISHERMEN.  THEY ARE CHALLENGING A NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE RULE THAT INCREASES THE RED SNAPPER QUOTA FOR RECREATIONAL FISHERMEN WHILE LOWERING THE QUOTA FOR COMMERCIAL FISHERMEN.  LANDRY SAYS HE WILL FIGHT TO ENSURE LOUISIANA REMAINS A SPORTSMAN’S PARADISE.  HE SAYS RECREATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL FISHING HAVE COEXISTED IN THE STATE FOR AGES AND HE CAN’T ALLOW ONE TO BE PRESERVED AT THE EXPENSE OF THE OTHER.

 

A SAINT MARY PARISH CORRECTIONS OFFICER HAS BEEN CHARGED AFTER SHE ALLEGEDLY STRUCK AN INMATE SEVERAL TIMES.  TWENTY-YEAR-OLD ABREANTE JACOLE HARRIS OF JEANERETTE FACES CHARGES OF SIMPLE BATTERY AND MALFEASANCE IN OFFICE.  SHERIFF BLAISE SMITH SAYS THAT SHE WAS TERMINATED UPON HER ARREST.  CHIEF DEPUTY GARY DRISKELL SAYS THEY HOLD THEIR DEPUTIES TO HIGH STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT, WHICH MEANS HOLDING THEM ACCOUNTABLE WHEN THEY VIOLATE THE BOUNDARIES OF THEIR AUTHORITY.

 

 

A NEW YORK WOMAN WAS ARRESTED IN LAFAYETTE ON A SOLICITING FOR PROSTITUTION CHARGE.  THE LAFAYETTE POLICE DEPARTMENT RECEIVED A TIP ABOUT ILLEGAL PROSTITUTION AND DRUG TRANSACTIONS AT M-K FOOT RELAX ON ARNOULD DRIVE.  AN UNDERCOVER OFFICER WAS SOLICTIED BY A FEMALE MASSEUSE, FIFTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD YU YAN OF FLUSHING, NEW YORK.  THE BUSINESS IS SHUT DOWN AT THIS TIME.

 

A HOUSE BILL THAT PASSED THIS YEAR IN THE LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE IS BEING RENAMED AFTER A KINDER TEENAGER WHO LOST HER LIFE TO FENTANYL.  ALLEN PARISH SHERIFF DOUG HEBERT WAS ABLE TO GET THE BILL RENAMED GABBY’S LAW AFTER HIS NEICE, NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD GABRIELLE NICOLE HEBERT.  THE LAW REMOVES FENTANYL TEST STRIPS AND TESTING EQUIPMENT FROM BEING CATEGORIZED AS DRUG PARAPHERNALIA.  SHERIFF HEBERT SAYS IT’S NOT RIGHT THAT A MISTAKE RESULTS IN SOMEONE DYING, SO, IF THEY ARE GOING TO DO IT, THIS WILL GIVE SOMEONE A CHANCE TO DETERMINE WHAT THEY ARE TAKING.

 

THE MIRE BRANCH WATER CORPORATION HAD TO SHUT OFF WATER ALONG THE MIRE HIGHWAY TO PERFORM A LINE REPAIR.  BECAUSE OF THAT, SOME CUSTOMERS ARE UNDER A BOIL ADVISORY.  ADDRESSES BETWEEN THE NUMBERS SIXTY-THREE-FIFTY-EIGHT AND SIXTY-EIGHTY ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF THE MIRE HIGHWAY ARE UNDER THE BOIL ADVISORY.  THE CORPORATION SAYS AFFECTED CUSTOMERS WILL BE NOTIFIED ONCE WATER SAMPLES HAVE BEEN DETERMINED TO BE SAFE BY THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.