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Bob Hensgens will be heading to the Louisiana Senate. The longtime Vermilion Parish Representative won the District 26 Senate Seat after Tuesday’s win over Jerry Gaspard and Jean Menard. Hensgens will move to Senate when Sen. Jonathan Perry, who will be joining the Third Circuit Court of Appeal, steps down in December.

The town of Erath will have a few new faces in city government.
For starters, the town will have a new mayor. Alderman Taylor Mencacci easily beat incumbent John Earl LeBlanc, 601 votes to 283.
Anna LaPointe will remain as the Chief of Police in Erath. She beat Bart Bouillion 619 votes to 268 votes.
In the aldermen’s race, there are also plenty of new faces. Four out of the five aldermen are new.
For starters, Erath has a new mayor pro tem. Jason Connor, a new comer to politics, finished with the most votes of 594 votes.

Delcambre residents and visitors will soon see construction underway in the city and are asked to be cautious and courteous while traveling in the construction zones.
On Monday morning, the water meter project will be underway, a process that has taken years to be put into motion.
Mayor Pam Blakely told KLFY-TV that this project is a positive change that the city and its residents need.