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USDA spotlights Delcambre Seafood & Farmers Market

Tue, 03/30/2021 - 11:42am

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), which works to support rural America and the Nation’s agricultural sector, including farmers markets, recently spotlighted the Delcambre Seafood & Farmers Market for its accomplishments with grant money awarded by the AMS from 2016 to 2019.
In its Seeds of Success series, that highlights the accomplishments and lessons-learned from Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program (FMLFPP) grant recipients, the AMS cited the Delcambre Market as “an example to farmers markets around the country.”

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Justice Watson

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Michael Watson

Two arrested in Vermilion Parish for theft of scrap metal

Tue, 03/30/2021 - 9:25am

According to Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office PIO Eddie Langlinais, after a month long investigation into the theft of scrap metal from a local scrap yard, the Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office’s Criminal Investigation Division has made two arrests.
Warrants were obtained for father and son Michael Rene Watson, 43, and Justice Rene Watson, 21, from Abbeville.
Each were arrested without incident for 3 counts of Felony Theft. Both have been booked into the Vermilion Parish Correctional Center with bond set at $15,000.00 each.

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Members and officials who are part of the Violent Crimes Task Force.

New Violent Crimes Task Force Director says progress is being mad

Sun, 03/28/2021 - 12:01am

According to the Vermilion Parish’s Sheriff Office’s new public information officer and Violent Crimes Task Force Director Eddie Langlinais, the Vermilion Municipal and Sheriff’s Narcotics Task Force along with Abbeville Police Department teamed up to reactivate the Violent Crimes Task Force (VCTF).
VCTF Director Langlinais acknowledges the VCTF has been successful in the past by getting violent criminals off of the streets of Abbeville and making our communities safer.

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Bobby Russo (left) and Jim Russo will go to work today for the final time. On Monday, Robie's Food Center will have new owners.

Russo brothers retiring

Sun, 03/28/2021 - 12:01am

For 68 years, the Russo Family has been a part of the grocery store business in Abbeville. By closing time today, the Russo family will no longer be in the grocery business.
Bobby and Jim Russo of Abbeville are handing the store keys to the Champagne brothers from Erath later today.
The Russo brothers are selling Robie’s Food Center to the Champagne family, who own and operate Champagne’s Grocery Store in Erath.
The Russos and Champagnes are signing the documents on Monday to make the sale official.

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