News From Around The County
CITY OF SHASTA LAKE — An elderly woman with dementia who was reported missing late last night, Wednesday, April, 10, was hospitalized after officials found her lost, confused, and injured, according to sheriff’s officials. The victim was found in a heavily wooded area just a short distance from her home. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: Burney pastor pleads for information after […]
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BURNEY — A local pastor and long-time Burney resident is asking for the public’s help after burglars broke into Word of Life Assembly sometime late Saturday night or early Sunday morning, April 6th or 7th. Although there is no surveillance footage of the burglary, the pastor has since learned that there was a report of three suspicious men seen walking […]
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UPDATED/CORRECTED: Monday, April 8, 10:45 a.m., to reflect correct location in Burney, not Cassel. BURNEY — Emergency personnel are at the scene of a solo-vehicle crash in an unincorporated area of Burney that was reported this morning, Monday, April 8. The accident, which involved a pickup truck pulling a 32-foot trailer, happened on SR-89, near Hat Creek Ln., according to […]
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ANDERSON — Officials have asked for the public’s help identifying those responsible for an Anderson drive by shooting that happened last night, Sunday, April 7. Although a home was struck by gunfire, no injuries were reported after the shooting, which was reported on the 18000 block of Majestic View Dr., east of Happy Valley Rd. Deputies are now searching for […]
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REDDING — Reports of a person selling marijuana out of the back of their car at a Redding business led to a probation search at a nearby residence that ended after a tense standoff yesterday afternoon, Saturday, April 6. At the conclusion of their he investigation, officers arrested four people, including a 17-year-old probationer, for a variety of charges and […]
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BURNEY — For the second time in as many months vandals have left a wake of broken and damaged children’s toys at Burney’s Bailey Park. Although it was not immediately known what day the vandalism happened, word of the most recent incident began to spread on social media yesterday afternoon, April 5. The same park, which sits on Bailey Ave., […]
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CITY OF SHASTA LAKE — A felon on probation for prior burglaries was arrested again after trying to break into a City of Shasta Lake home late Friday evening, April 5. The attempted burglary, which was filmed on CCTV home surveillance, happened in the 12000 block of Newtown Rd., southeast of Lake Blvd. and Pine Grove Ave. LEADING THE SCNS […]
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UPDATED: Thursday, April 4, 11 a.m., With additional details. REDDING — Officials have identified a man who was fatally shot after a violent confrontation with officers in Redding yesterday afternoon, Tuesday, April 3. Shasta County Sheriff’s Office has since identified the man as Donnell James Lang, 48, of Redding. The deadly shooting happened on Hemingway St., near the McConnell Foundation […]
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JOHNSON PARK — Residents of the small, unincorporated Intermountain community of Johnson Park, whose nerves were already rattled after a home invasion and shots fired last night, were further shaken – quite literally – by what early reports have indicated was possibly the controlled detonation of a “WWII bomb” earlier this evening, Wednesday, April 3. The detonation occurred in the […]
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BURNEY — An allegedly intoxicated man who officials say fired a handgun at several people while drunkenly searching for his estranged ex-girlfriend was eventually located and apprehended Tuesday evening, April 2. Last night’s shooting happened at a private residence in the 38000 block of Highway 299E, just outside the town of Burney and southwest of the unincorporated community of Johnson […]
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