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When voters head to the polls to complete the runoff process this weekend, many of them will select individuals to help manage their parishes and cities.
While politicos and non-politicos alike give little mind to assessors and sheriffs from locales where they don’t reside, those officials can nonetheless get a phone call returned from a state lawmaker faster than most wheel-greasing lobbyists.

An arrest has been made in connection to two burned bodies found inside a vehicle near Maurice more than five years ago.
According to Captain Drew David, the Public Information Officer for the Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office, an arrest has been made in connection with a Double Homicide which occurred within Vermilion Parish on April 16, 2014.
Tosanwomy Mason Gee, 36, was arrested on Oct. 28, 2019, in Dallas, on a warrant for Principle to 1st Degree Murder, Obstruction of Justice and Aggravated Arson.

BATON ROUGE – With temperatures dipping near or below freezing, Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry (LDAF) Commissioner Mike Strain, D.V.M., is urging livestock and pet owners to take special precautions to ensure the safety and well-being of their animals.
“We cannot stress enough that these are serious weather conditions and it is time to protect pets, plants, pipes, and of course, people,” Strain said.
Here are some cold weather tips for livestock, pet and plant owners: