History was made on Saturday as voters in Orleans Parish elected the city’s first ever female sheriff. Susan Hutson is also the first female elected sheriff in the state; by 53-percent of the vote. UNO political scientist Dr. Ed Chervenak says Hutson clobbered 4-term incumbent Marlin Gusman on his performance running the parish jail, which has had numerous inmate deaths & suicides…:

CUT 13(10)      “…than he was her.”

In the Monroe area, a vote to recall Richwood Mayor Gerald Brown fell to defeat by voters. The margin was only about 50 votes.

A Lake Charles woman is under arrest, after she’s indicted for cruelty to a juvenile. 25-year-old Mary Labove allegedly caused bruising, broken bones and skull fracture to her 2-year-old. The child is in foster care.

Wondering why your auto insurance is so high in Louisiana? Congressman Garret Graves says it’s blamed in part on staged accidents: the most egregious example taking place in New Orleans in recent years…:

CUT 03(08)      “…different traffic accidents”

His proposed legislation would make it a federal crime to stage accidents to defraud insurance companies; punishable with stiff fines and prison.

A 50-year-old Eros woman is in jail in Ouachita Parish for … well for wanting to get arrested. Sharon Whatley showed up Saturday at the parish jail parking lot and refused to leave, despite being told several times. Ouachita Sheriff’s spokesman Glenn Springfield says Whatley only told them she was wanted by the law…:

CUT 08(12)      “…basing that on.”

She’s now a …guest of the parish.