News From Around The County
SHASTA COUNTY, Calif. — Citing COVID concerns, the Shasta County Sheriff’s Office announced today that this year’s planned National Police Week commemorative events honoring Shasta County law enforcement officers who have been killed in the line of duty have been scrapped. “Due to the COVID Pandemic, it has been decided with great sadness that the in-person ceremony, memorial run, and […]
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SHASTA COUNTY, Calif. — Beginning Monday, May 17, to streamline the process for issuing Concealed Carry Weapon (CCW) licenses the Shasta County Sheriff’s Office will be transitioning to a new online system. This system, called “Permitium”, will allow the public to go online 24 hours a day, turn in new and renewal applications electronically, and submit payment. The link to this […]
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Newcomers Frederic Rochon, a native of New York, and his Canadian partners Levi Longfield, and John Hayett, arrived from lower California and settled at Shasta together in the early months of 1870. After their arrival, they immediately located a placer mining claim on Spring Creek. After that, their mining activities took-off with them earning fair wages from this mining claim […]
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REDDING, Calif. — Authorities say a traffic stop in Redding led to the arrest of two people, including a juvenile, after officers located three fully loaded and unregistered firearms within easy reach of both the vehicle’s occupants early Sunday morning, May 9. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: Victim stabbed multiple times at Anderson gas station – Man arrested Locals come together to […]
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ANDERSON, Calif. — Authorities say a man was arrested for attempted murder after stabbing another man multiple times outside an Anderson gas station yesterday evening, Friday, May 7. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: Locals come together to help family after sudden passing of Cassel mom Officials investigating yet another series of suspicious Johnson Park area fires Missing from Mt. Shasta since […]
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ANDERSON, Calif. — A group of juveniles who were identified by law enforcement officials due to their fire-setting tendencies and behaviors attended last night’s “Youth Firesetter Prevention and Intervention Academy” in Anderson, Thursday evening, May 6. The program is part of the Youth Violence Prevention Council and is a partnership of the Shasta Arson Task Force, and serves as a […]
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REDDING, Calif. — Authorities say a man who fought with officers and attempted to take an officer’s firearm and baton before jumping into the Sacramento River to elude arrest, was ultimately apprehended after officers used several well-placed bean bag shotgun blasts to take the violent and combative man into custody. A woman who vandalized a patrol vehicle was also arrested […]
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CASSEL, Calif. — Residents from the Intermountain area and beyond have come together to help provide comfort, financial aid and other assistance to a local family after the sudden and unexpected passing of long-time local Darcy Aguilar early Sunday evening, May 2. She was 47-years-old at the time of her death. “She was an amazing woman and we would like […]
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MT. SHASTA, Calif — Exactly one year ago, Mt. Shasta Police Department began searching for 28-year-old, Davohnte Morgan, who disappeared without a trace the morning after having a fight with his girlfriend that led to them breaking up. He was last seen walking down Mt. Shasta Boulevard around 9:45 a.m., on May 5, 2020. Officials, who have called Morgan’s disappearance […]
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PETALUMA, Calif. — Found sleeping in a stolen car, two Redding men were in arrested in Petaluma, CA after officers found they were in possession of a large amount of fentanyl and drug-related paraphernalia early Tuesday morning, May 4. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: Motorcyclist visiting from Georgia killed after Highway 44 crash in Redding Officers swarm Mount Shasta Mall in […]
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