News From Around The County
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 — Authorities in Redding have asked for the public’s help re-vitalizing a forty-five-year-old, cold case murder investigation involving a Redding teen whose lifeless body was found dumped in a creek back in the summer of 1976. The young victim, 15-year-old, Terri Lynn Ray, had been stabbed fifteen times – once for every one of the short years she had […]
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REDDING, Calif. — A 25-year-old man was fatally struck by a car while walking on Riverland Drive just south of Knighton Road south of Redding early Monday morning. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: Anderson man arrested after arranging to meet with minor for sex Fight with violent parolee leaves Mt. Shasta officer with minor injuries Firefighting inmate steals engine, leaves “half-block […]
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Authorities say a California inmate firefighter left “half a block of destruction” when he stole a firetruck in an apparent Independence Day escape attempt in Shingle Springs in El Dorado County, about 35 miles east of Sacramento, late Sunday evening, July 4. The inmate, who sustained minor injuries after he was seen crashed into and “ricocheting off” […]
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Beginning this week, Shasta County News Source (SCNS) will be proudly featuring a new Community Reporter’s column, “SNIPPP’s Snaps”. The bi-weekly column will feature snapshots and details about different kittens, cats, and dogs available for both fostering and adoption through Spay & Neuter Intermountain Pets & Pet Placement (SNIPPP). Each new listing will include photographs as well as full and […]
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MT. SHASTA, Calif. — A parolee who violently attacked a Mt. Shasta police officer and then fought with a second responding officer was arrested after officers deployed less-lethal Taser devices and eventually wrestled him into submission earlier today, Sunday, July 4. One of the officers suffered minor injuries during the attack, which happened during a trespassing and vandalism investigation stemming […]
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ANDERSON, Calif. — Authorities say reports of a disturbance at a known Anderson drug house led to the arrest of four people and the home being declared uninhabitable Friday evening, June 2. Officials have since described the residence, located In the 3200 block of Crest Drive, as “currently an active project of the Problem Oriented Police Unit (POP) … due […]
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ANDERSON, Calif. — Authorities say an Anderson man who engaged a person he believed was a runaway juvenile in sexual conversations and later attempted to meet with the child was arrested when he showed up at a local hotel Wednesday, June 30. As it turned out, the person the man had been communicating with on Facebook turned out to be an […]
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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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