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BURNEY, Calif., — Authorities say a stolen truck was recovered after a high speed chase tore through Burney last night, Friday, July 30. The suspect, who has not yet been identified or located, managed to lude capture after the chase, according to officials. Last night’s pursuit happened just an hour before a solo-vehicle, major-injury crash into an Oak tree that […]
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INGOT, Calif. — Five family members, including a woman in her 60s and four children, ages 5 to 11, are continuing to recover after they were involved in a major-injury, head-on traffic collision while traveling on SR-299E in the unincorporated Shasta County community of Ingot on Tuesday morning, July 27. The major-injury accident, which was declared a Mass Casualty Incident […]
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INGOT, Calif., — No injuries were reported after a solo-vehicle rollover accident on SR-299E near Ingot, east of Bella Vista last night, Thursday, July 29. The crash, which happened near mile marker 44, about two miles east of Sugar Pine Camp Road according to a CHP incident log, caused the hour-long, partial closure of the highway but did not result […]
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BURNEY, Calif. — Authorities say an “experienced cliff/bridge jumper” from the Reno, Nevada area died after making a dangerous leap from the Lake Britton Bridge off Highway 89, plummeting more than 60 feet into the cold water of Lake Britton below. The victim’s body was discovered several hours later by Shasta County Sheriff’s Dive Team members in 37 feet of […]
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INGOT, Calif., — Six people were hospitalized, including a woman in her 60s who was critically injured and was one of two victims who were airlifted to area hospitals, after a two-vehicle, head-on wreck in the unincorporated Shasta County community of Ingot yesterday morning, Tuesday, July 27. The major-injury accident, which was declared a Mass Casualty Incident and forced the […]
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BURNEY, Calif. — A large contingency of fire crews remain at the scene of a wildland vegetation fire that is under control, but still burning in the unincorporated Intermountain area community of Johnson Park, just east of Burney. Although fire crews from multiple area agencies and fire stations from as far away as Susanville and Redding were initially dispatched to […]
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REDDING, Calif. — Authorities say a Burney couple who was found parked and under the influence of drugs outside a Redding aquatic park was arrested after officers discovered a significant amount of heroin and drug paraphernalia within easy reach of the woman’s seven-year-old child Saturday afternoon, July 3. Police also say they found drugs and other dangerous items wrapped up […]
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Firefighters had to return to the scene of a destructive barn and vegetation fire at around 2 a.m., after a pair of early morning delivery drivers spotted flames billowing high above the Black Ranch area. Trevor Montgomery/SCNS photo Original Story: BURNEY, Calif. — Although firefighters made quick work of a vegetation fire that was sparked by a barn fire that […]
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UPDATED: Tuesday, June 22, 9:26 p.m., With road closure update, additional details. Originally Published: Tuesday, June 22, 5:46 p.m. BELLA VISTA, Calif. — SR-299E has just re-opened and details are beginning to emerge after a flat-bed tractor-trailer combo carrying lumber overturned, dumping lumber across and partially blocking the two-lane mountain highway, earlier today. Tuesday, June 22. The minor injury rollover […]
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BURNEY, Calif. — A woman was seriously injured and airlifted to a Redding trauma center after a motorcycle she was a passenger on crashed while traveling on Black Ranch Road near Burney earlier this afternoon, Friday, June 18. Black Ranch Road is an approximately nine mile stretch of two-lane roadway connecting highways 299E and 89, at Clark Creek Road, that […]
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