News From Around The County
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: Monday, Mar. 4, 11:30 a.m. See original Story below. REDDING — Officials yesterday located a missing and at-risk, elderly Redding woman who disappeared the previous evening. According to an update from Redding PD, the missing woman, 81-year-old, Betty Calihan, was located by CHP officers in the Bakersfield area around 6 a.m. the morning after she disappeared. She was found […]
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REDDING — A felon with an extensive criminal history, who was already well-known to Redding police officers, encountered officials once again after officers received reports that the naked and drugged man was trying to fight with people Saturday evening, Mar. 2. The bizarre incident, which sent one officer to the hospital with unspecified injuries, happened on Lake Boulevard in Redding. […]
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SISKIYOU COUNTY — A Massachusetts woman visiting Siskiyou County’s Bunny Flat was rescued after spending five days stranded in her car after it became stuck in deep snow last Sunday, Feb. 24. Bunny Flat is a popular winter recreational area located at the end of Everett Memorial Highway, northeast of the City of Mt. Shasta. Although the rescued victim eventually […]
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RED BLUFF — Authorities yesterday said they are still investigating a possible attempted kidnapping, after witnesses reported seeing two people dragging a third man toward a white minivan. Witnesses said the possible victim was screaming for help as he was pushed toward the vehicle. Although officials have released few details about the reported incident, they have reportedly called the incident […]
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REDDING — Alert citizens are being credited with the capture of one of two men who allegedly attempted to rob a Redding business Sunday afternoon, Feb. 24. The two alleged suspects reportedly fled the scene after an employee refused to give the pair the money they demanded. The attempted robbery happened at Dollar General on Meadow View Dr. Officials later […]
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REDDING — Despite obtaining and releasing CCTV video surveillance footage of a suspected sexual assault involving a 10-year-old girl selling Girl Scout cookies outside a Redding Walmart, Redding PD confirmed today that they are still following up on leads generated by the public, but the suspect seen in the footage has not yet been identified or located. Officials are now […]
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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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