News From Around The County
In Today’s Lighter Side of the News: MT. SHASTA, Calif. — In a tongue-in-cheek social media post, Mt. Shasta Police Department announced yesterday that a wayward chicken had been located wandering across a roadway on Friday, May 14. The happily-hoofing it hen was apprehended without incident and remains in the custody of the Humane Society, while waiting to be claimed […]
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Authorities say a man was fatally shot in the Wood Streets neighborhood of Riverside Friday afternoon, May 14. No arrests have been made related to the shooting, which happened in the 5500 block of Olivewood Avenue, between Bandini and Riverside avenues, according to officials. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Vehicle located, felon arrested after fatal Moreno Valley hit and run […]
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OLD STATION, Calif. — A woman and three children were hospitalized after a solo-vehicle, rollover traffic accident near Old Station Friday afternoon, May 14. Two of the victims, including a mother and one of the children were life-flighted with major traumatic injuries after the crash, which happened on SR-44, about one mile east of SR-89. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: Kidnapped, […]
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JURUPA VALLEY, Calif. — Authorities say a woman was killed when she struck a UPS truck in a broadside “T-Bone” collision in Jurupa Valley last night, Saturday, May 15. The deadly crash happened at the intersection of Armstrong Road at Gail Drive. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Two – including boy, 14 – arrested after Thermal drive-by shooting Vehicle located, felon arrested […]
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REDDING, Calif. — Authorities say a felon, who was already on probation for prior theft convictions, was arrested again after he allegedly beat an elderly man unconscious and robbed him of “a substantial amount of money” he had just won at the Win River Casino in Redding earlier today, Saturday, May 15. Today’s robbery was the second such incident involving […]
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JURUPA VALLEY, Calif. — Authorities say a transient who was captured on surveillance cameras vandalizing a Jurupa Valley church on Thursday, May 6, was arrested less than a week later, after officials who reviewed the surveillance camera footage recognized him from prior contacts. The man now stands accused of breaking three “treasured, century-old stained-glass windows” as well as shattering a […]
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MORENO VALLEY, Calif. — Authorities say a felon suspected of being involved in a fatal Moreno Valley hit and run last February was arrested during the service of a search warrant Thursday morning, May 13. A woman was also arrested on multiple charges after the search warrant and several children who were at the home when the warrant was served […]
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Research is showing the benefits creativity can have for people in many ways and creativity in any form can be calming and helpful for us in mind, body, spirit, says Lin, creator of My Doodle Place – an online resource she created to help others with two, self-paced, family-friendly courses that deal with finding peace during difficult times. One of […]
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Jehovah’s Witnesses continue their ministry inside prisons without sending in ministers. The 60-cycle hum of dim fluorescent lighting was all that LeConte Hall could hear as he sat with a deaf Bible student named Derick, locked inside the tiny concrete-encased office of a prison chapel in Vacaville, California. “‘Throw all your anxiety on God, because He cares for you,’” Hall […]
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Guest Writer Spotlight: Richard Lewis When we go to bed at night there is normally at least some mystery about what the next day will bring. Through much of 2020 and into early 2021 many of us experienced the opposite situation. Our days dragged on in a routine that was much like the movie “Groundhog Day”. In that movie the […]
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