KAJN Jesus FM 102.9


9-24-19

THE HANCOCK WHITNEY CORPORATION ANNOUNCED THEY HAVE COMPLETED THE ACQUISITION OF LAFAYETTE-BASED MIDSOUTH BANK.  THE 214 MILLION DOLLAR DEAL WAS INITIALLY ANNOUNCED ON APRIL THIRTIETH AND WAS PROJECTED TO CLOSE IN THE THIRD QUARTER.  HANCOCK WHITNEY, BASED IN GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI, HAS 110 BRANCHES.  AS PART OF THE NEW DEAL, THEY HAVE ACQUIRED MIDSOUTH’S 24 BRANCHES.

 

A LAKE CHARLES WOMAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED AFTER SHE LEFT FOUR CHILDREN BETWEEN THE AGES OF FOUR AND THREE MONTHS IN A HOME ALONE, LOCKED IN A BEDROOM WITH NO AIR CONDITIONER.  KIM MYERS WITH THE CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS THERE WERE POOR LIVING CONDITIONS IN THE HOME WITH LITTLE FOOD, AN EMACIATED DOG FULL OF BUGS, AND SYNTHETIC MARIJUANA.  WHEN THEY FOUND THE MOTHER, 23-YEAR-OLD MARY N. SEMIEN, SHE TOLD THE DEPUTIES THAT SHE HAD LEFT THE CHILDREN FOR FIFTEEN MINUTES TO GO TO A NEIGHBOR’S HOUSE.  SHE FACES SEVERAL CHARGES INCLUDING CRUELTY TO JUVENILES AND POSSESSION OF SYNTHETIC MARIJUANA AND HER BOND WAS SET AT SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS.

 

THE FELONY TRIAL OF FORMER OPELOUSAS MAYOR REGGIE TATUM HAS BEEN MOVED BACK TO JULY AT THE REQUEST OF BOTH THE DEFENSE AND THE PROSECUTION.  JUDGE JAMES P. DOHERTY MADE IT CLEAR, HOWEVER, THAT THERE WILL BE NO FURTHER DELAYS.  A MAY THIRTIETH HEARING WAS SET TO DECIDE TATUM’S REQUEST FOR THE MAJORITY OF CHARGES AGAINST HIM TO BE DISMISSED.  TATUM FACES CHARGES OF THEFT, FORGERY AND MALFEASANCE AFTER HE RECEIVED NEARLY THIRTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF OVERTIME PAYMENTS DURING THE 2016 FLOOD AND ALLEGEDLY FORGED TIME SHEETS FOR SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS.

 

Louisiana voters are days away from casting the first ballots in the Oct. 12 election, and the Republicans vying to unseat Gov. John Bel Edwards are battling to force him into a runoff.  The Democratic governor defended his record Monday in the second face-to-face event with U.S. Rep. Ralph Abraham and businessman Eddie Rispone.  Abraham and Rispone accused Edwards of inept execution of his criminal sentencing law overhaul and his Medicaid expansion program. Edwards replied that he worked with law enforcement on the bipartisan sentencing changes and the Trump administration recognized Louisiana for its work to root out Medicaid abuse.

 

LAFAYETTE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING ALLEGATIONS OF ASSAULT AT A LOCAL FAMILY SHELTER.  CAROLINE MARCELLO HAS MORE.

 

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THE JENNINGS POLICE DEPARTMENT IS WARNING AGAINST HOMECOMING PRANKS.  A NEWS RELEASE FROM THE DEPARTMENT SAYS TOILET PAPER UNDER LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES CAN BE USED BUT PAINT, PAINT BALL GUNS, EGGS AND OTHER THINGS WILL NOT BE TOLERATED.  THE YOUNGSVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT ISSUED A SIMILAR WARNING LAST THURSDAY.  POLICE CHIEF RICKEY BOUDREAUX SAID IN A SOCIAL MEDIA POST THAT EGG THROWING AND PAINTBALL INCIDENTS HAVE GONE TOO FAR.

 

KATC TV HAS LEARNED THAT THE EUNICE POST OFFICE, WHICH WAS CLOSED RECENTLY, HAS A MOLD ISSUE.  CONGRESSMAN MIKE JOHNSON PROVIDED A LETTER FROM A MANAGER AT THE U-S POSTAL SERVICE CONFIRMING THE PROBLEM TO THE TV STATION.  THEY DO NOT HAVE A TIMELINE WHEN THE PROBLEM WILL BE FIXED.  RESIDENTS IN EUNICE HAVE BEEN ADVISED TO USE THE LAWTELL POST OFFICE IN THE MEANTIME AND DELIVERY OPERATIONS HAVE BEEN MOVED TO OPELOUSAS, BUT THERE SHOULD BE NO CHANGES IN MAIL DELIVERY.

 

LOUISIANA RICE FARMERS ARE LOOKING AT ONE OF THE LOWEST CROP YIELDS IN RECENT MEMORIES.  FREQUENT RAINS HURT PRODUCTION, BUT THE BIGGEST PROBLEM WAS HURRICANE BARRY IN JULY, WHICH INTERRUPTED POLLINATION.  DUSTIN HARRELL, THE DIRECTOR OF RICE RESEARCH FOR THE

L-S-U AGCENTER, IS PREDICTING A THIRTY PERCENT LOWER YIELD THAN LAST YEAR.  HE SAYS THAT MEANS ALMOST ONE BILLION POUNDS LESS RICE HARVESTED THIS YEAR COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.