News From Around The County
BURNEY — A McArthur man who officials say began randomly firing a rifle into an upstairs Burney apartment sent one man to the hospital with gunshot injuries and sent other residents of the apartments diving for cover early Saturday morning, Dec. 22. The alleged shooter was later arrested after deputies investigating the incident received a tip that a man with […]
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CASSEL — Emergency and power officials are responding to multiple reports of power lines down in Cassel and Old Station this afternoon, Friday, Dec. 14. The downed live wires in Cassell also reportedly started a small grass and brush fire in front of Cassel post office at 21594 Cassel Rd., between Kern Rd. and Manzanita Way. Hat Creek Resort in […]
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BURNEY — An elderly woman, found unresponsive inside a Burney residence, was transported to an area hospital in critical condition this afternoon, Monday, Dec. 10. Although an air ambulance was initially requested to airlift the victim to Mercy Medical Center in Redding, official radio traffic indicated the flight was later cancelled and she was transported by ground ambulance to Mayers […]
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UPDATED: Sunday, Dec. 9, 12 p.m., With photos from scene. HAT CREEK — A woman who managed to pull herself from her wrecked rental vehicle is headed to a rendezvous point in Burney where she is expected to be airlifted to Mercy Medical Center in Redding, according to official radio traffic and a California Highway Patrol incident log. The victim […]
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MONTGOMERY CREEK — A suspect driving a stolen car managed to elude capture after fleeing from Shasta County sheriff’s deputies and CHP officers last night, Sunday, Dec. 2. The incident happened at Halcumb Cemetery on Hwy. 299E, near Fenders Ferry Rd., in the unincorporated Intermountain community of Montgomery Creek. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: Red Bluff man arrested after Redding high-speed […]
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FALL RIVER MILLS — The bodies of two southern California men, missing since failing to return from a late night canoe trip Sunday evening, Nov. 25, were found within thirty minutes of each other by boaters and sheriff’s divers the next day. The victims were last seen alive around 10 p.m. Sunday night, when they left the Eastman Lake boat […]
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WRITER’S NOTE: Several different versions of this incident have been explained and recounted to SCNS, with opinions differing about how this alleged shoplifting happened, as well as what the subject reportedly attempted to steal. People tend to view things from different perspectives and often have their own opinions about how things occur. Please understand that all information provided in this […]
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BURNEY — Citizens and firefighters worked together this afternoon to quickly extinguish a vegetation fire that broke out in a field behind a Burney home. The small blaze was reported on the 37000 block of Park Ave., between Bartel St. and Long Leaf Ln. LEADING THE BURNEY AREA HEADLINES: Found lost, confused, and laying along side of road, elderly man […]
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MONTGOMERY CREEK — An elderly man who was found laying along the side of a rural mountain road in Montgomery Creek was returned home this afternoon after he got a clean bill of health and ride home from medics who evaluated him. Official radio traffic indicated the ambulance crew determined the man was lost and confused but otherwise uninjured. The […]
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UPDATED: Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2 p.m. BURNEY — According to official radio traffic, a man who was seriously injured after being splashed with hot tar is being transported by ground ambulance to Mercy Medical Center in Redding to rendezvous with a PHI Air Ambulance. Although PHI’s Med Flight 43 was initially dispatched to the Burney Sheriff’s Mountain Sub-Station, the flight […]
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