News From Around The County
MONTAGUE, Calif. — A drunken disturbance in Montague spun out of control early Thursday morning, June 24, when the man accused of causing the problem got into a car and sped away from a responding deputy and CHP officers. While officials were trying to catch up to his vehicle, he lost control and crashed, with his car overturning multiple times. The […]
Read more
The Allen Newton House, located at 325 North Gold Street, in Yreka, is a lovely Queen Ann Style Victorian, that attracts visitors and curious onlookers year-round. Easy to locate, the Newton House is just one of many unique places to visit for a road-break while traveling through the North State region along Interstate 5. Founded in March 1851 with the […]
Read more
MT. SHASTA, Calif. — Authorities today released additional information about an ongoing sexual battery investigation involving the owner of the Shasta MountInn Retreat and Spa. The B&B features a Victorian-era farmhouse and offers a sauna and massage services, which are provided by the man who now stands accused. Although the investigation was launched after a sole female victim reported being […]
Read more
MT. SHASTA, Calif. — Authorities say a man who suffered a medical emergency was injured after a series of collisions that ended with his vehicle underneath a pickup truck Monday afternoon, May 24. The victim was later transported to an area hospital for treatment of his unspecified medical crisis as well as injuries he sustained in the crashes that left several […]
Read more
SISKIYOU COUNTY, Calif. — Authorities say a man was arrested on suspicion of DUI and gross vehicular manslaughter after a solo-vehicle rollover crash that left his passenger dead late Sunday night, May 16th. The victim died after he was ejected when the vehicle overturned, while traveling on Ager Beswick Road east of Little Bogus Creek Road, about fifteen miles north […]
Read more
MT. SHASTA, Calif — Exactly one year ago, Mt. Shasta Police Department began searching for 28-year-old, Davohnte Morgan, who disappeared without a trace the morning after having a fight with his girlfriend that led to them breaking up. He was last seen walking down Mt. Shasta Boulevard around 9:45 a.m., on May 5, 2020. Officials, who have called Morgan’s disappearance […]
Read more
DUNSMUIR, Calif. — Several fire and rescue agencies came together to conduct a remote area rescue after a man suffered multiple injuries following a fall at Hedge Creek Falls in Dunsmuir Sunday, April 11. Hedge Creek Falls is located in the Shasta Cascade area just west of Interstate 5, about 55 miles north of Redding. The falls’ close proximity to the […]
Read more
BURNEY, Calif. — CHP and Caltrans officials have called for the full closure of SR-89, between the junctions of Interstate 5 near Mt. Shasta and SR-299E east of Burney. Additionally, all traffic already stuck along the now-closed 60-mile stretch is being turned back, “wherever possible”, according to officials. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: Human remains discovered near Cottonwood, investigation continuing Redding […]
Read more
SISKIYOU COUNTY, Calif. — Three people, including one who was ejected, were seriously injured after a vehicle overturned multiple times in Siskiyou County Thursday evening, Jan. 14. The rollover accident happened along the northbound Interstate 5 south of Louie Road, about eight miles south of Grenada and twenty-one miles north of Mt. Shasta. It was the second major accident to […]
Read more
SISKIYOU COUNTY, Calif. — A passenger was killed and a driver was seriously injured when their vehicle lost control and slammed into a tractor-trailer combo that was parked along the southbound Montague Road Interstate 5 onramp early Thursday morning, Jan. 7. Although CHP has said that temperatures at the time of the crash were in the freezing range and that […]
Read more