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Tommy Frederick served as commissioner of the 15th Judicial District for nearly 20 years.
He will soon have a new title in the 15th Judicial.
Frederick won a runoff election on Saturday against Ricky LaFleur for Division C Judge.
The 15th Judicial District includes Vermilion, Acadia and Lafayette Parishes. However, only Vermilion Parish voters took part in Saturday’s runoff.
Those voters kept things close. Frederick, an Abbeville native, finished with 41 more votes than his opponent. Frederick received 2,898 votes (50%). LaFleur had 2,857 (50%).

BATON ROUGE — The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) today adopted the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) recently updated guidance that allows people who may have been exposed to COVID-19 to shorten their quarantine period from 14 days to 10 days, or as few as 7 days with a negative test.

Here in Louisiana, people mostly live off of the land. From deer hunting, duck hunting, and fishing to rabbit gravies, fresh chicken eggs and the normal garden veggies, tables and bellies are always filled with the plentiful goods that come easy with hunting and farming. But one family in Vermilion is relying on certain parts of the animals that are sometimes disregarded after processing the meat.