News From Around The County
UPDATED: Friday, Nov. 8, 2 p.m. See Original Story below. REDDING — Officers searching for a missing, “at-risk” Redding woman announced the developmentally delayed woman was found safe and has been returned home. Original Story: Search for missing, “at-risk” Redding woman continuing REDDING — Officials are asking for the public’s help locating a Redding woman who is missing after walking […]
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Guest Writer Spotlight: Jeremy M. Tuggle: Shasta Historical Society The original carpenters behind the famous Shasta Lumber Company’s flume (also known as the Terry lumber flume) were Orison D. Morse and his siblings who completed the first five miles of lumber flume in 1886 before Morse sold the lumber flume to Holbrook and Phillips. Later, these gentlemen sold out to […]
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REDDING, Calif. — Officials are investigating after a Shasta County sheriff’s deputy was involved in a fiery, two-vehicle wreck that killed one person and seriously injured two others Wednesday evening, Nov. 6. The deputy was also hospitalized after the deadly head-on crash, which happened on SR-299W near Newfound Way. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: UPDATE: Man arrested after woman’s body found […]
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SHASTA COUNTY — Seven people were arrested during Operation Boo, a county-wide sex offender compliance sweep, Thursday, Oct. 31. Officials conducted a total of nineteen compliance checks during this year’s operation; which involved several agencies, including Anderson Police Department’s Problem Oriented Policing Unit, Redding Police Department Neighborhood Police Unit, Shasta County Probation, and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. […]
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BURNEY — A Burney man has been indicted on a sole-count of dealing firearms without a license as part of an ongoing Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigation, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced yesterday, Thursday, Oct. 31. The investigation that led to the man’s indictment revealed ten weapons sold by the alleged suspect had been recovered as […]
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UPDATED: Wednesday, Oct. 30, 11 a.m. See Original story below REDDING — Authorities investigating the Redding murder of a 20-year-old woman have arrested a man they say was responsible for strangling the victim and dumping her lifeless body behind a business on the morning of Sunday, Oct. 27. “Redding Police Investigators have continued to work diligently on this homicide investigation […]
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REDDING — Authorities in Redding say they arrested an Anderson man after the allegedly intoxicated driver struck and killed a pedestrian early Sunday morning, Oct. 27. The deadly crash happened in front of the Casino Club at 1885 Hilltop Dr. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: Group “pistol whipped”, one shot, during Oak Run home invasion Overheated brakes suspected after SR-299E hay-hauler […]
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ROUND MOUNTAIN — No injuries were reported after the load of a tractor-trailer combo pulling hay went up in flames early Friday morning, Oct. 25. Yesterday morning’s blaze happened near MM35.70 on SR-299E near Round Mountain. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: Group “pistol whipped”, one shot, during Oak Run home invasion Anderson neighbor dispute leads to shots fired, one arrested Anderson […]
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OAK RUN — Authorities are investigating a reported home invasion robbery in Oak Run that left one person with head injuries from being “pistol whipped” and another with a gunshot wound to the leg early Friday morning, October 25. Despite “several inconsistent stories of what had happened,” sheriff’s officials have said they are are now trying to piece together the […]
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ANDERSON — Authorities say they arrested an intoxicated Anderson resident after he allegedly fired a handgun at his neighbor numerous times during a dispute Sunday evening, Oct. 20. The victim was not struck by gunfire during the incident, which occurred in the rural community on the 5700 block of Balls Ferry Rd., just north of Deschutes Rd. LEADING THE SCNS […]
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