News From Around The County
A PG&E aviation crew created a minor buzz in the Burney and Johnson Park area this afternoon, as area residents excitedly watched, filmed, and photographed, a PG&E helicopter make dozens of passes between the two small, Intermountain communities today, Sunday, Mar. 10. Photographs and videos taken by area residents and shared with SCNS showed the aviation crew ferrying hoisted and […]
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While doing research for an updated article about last month’s burglary of Montgomery Creek’s Post Office, Shasta County News Source (SCNS) located a “wanted” poster dated June 28, 2018, that depicted two suspects caught on CCTV surveillance footage burglarizing the Montgomery Creek Market. LEADING THE BURNEY HEADLINES: Recovery efforts continuing after stolen car found in Cedar Creek UPDATE: Officials confirm […]
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UPDATED: Friday, Mar. 8, 9 a.m., With additional details and surveillance stills. MONTGOMERY CREEK — Authorities already investigating last month’s burglary at the Montgomery Creek Post Office got a big boost in their investigation this week, when a nearby business released CCTV surveillance footage of a pair alleged to have committed the crime. LEADING THE BURNEY HEADLINES: Recovery efforts continuing […]
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UPDATED: Sunday, Mar. 10, 11 a.m. See Original Story, photos, and video below. ROUND MOUNTAIN — California Highway Patrol officers investigating the discovery of a wrecked car that was found in Cedar Creek off of SR-299E announced Friday morning, Mar. 9, that no victims were found inside the small sedan. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: BREAKING/EXCLUSIVE: Evidence possibly links pair to […]
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BURNEY — One of the town’s two Main St. stop lights was destroyed when a big-rig struck part of it, knocking it down earlier today, Wednesday, Mar. 6. Although it was not immediately known if the accident happened when a tractor-trailer combo left the roadway or turned too sharply at the intersection, the traffic signal by the USA gas station […]
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UPDATED: Monday, Mar. 4, 1:30 p.m., With additional details from SCSO. See Original Story below. BURNEY — Sheriff’s officials confirmed to SCNS this afternoon that they are investigating the discovery of a body that was found in Burney Creek yesterday evening, Sunday, Mar. 3. Deputies assigned to Shasta County Sheriff’s Burney Patrol Station were first alerted to the gruesome discovery […]
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UPDATED: Sunday, Feb. 24, 6:22 p.m., With CHP update from scene. ESKIMO HILL — Officials are headed to the scene of a single-vehicle, rollover accident on SR-44, about one mile east of Eskimo Hill and about halfway between Shingletown and Old Station. Although no injuries have been reported, the wrecked and overturned vehicle is blocking both directions of travel on […]
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HATCHET MOUNTAIN — California Highway Patrol and CalTrans officials are headed to reports of a boulder that has fallen onto the westbound lane of SR-299E. The boulder is reportedly west of Hatchet Mountain Wind Farm, about halfway between the Intermountain communities of Montgomery Creek and Burney. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: Bound, gagged & chained woman escapes captor Girl Scout selling […]
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BURNEY — After years of planning, fundraising, and hard work spearheaded by Friends of the Intermountain Libraries Inc., the tiny mountain community of Burney could soon see the town’s small library move from its current, one-room location on Siskiyou St. to a newer, more modern, and much larger building, centrally located downtown on Main St. The decision whether or not […]
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MANZANITA CREEK — CHP is at the scene of a non-injury, single-vehicle crash in the Manzanita Creek area along SR-44E, about halfway between Viola and Manzanita Lake. According to a CHP incident log, the driver of a passenger car lost control due to heavy snow and icy roadways and ended up stuck in a ditch along the side of the […]
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