News From Around The County
BURNEY — Authorities are searching for the driver of a pickup truck who crashed into a tree this morning, Monday, Nov. 12. According to officials, the driver is unlicensed and well known to them and has been the subject of several previous hit and runs and interactions. The solo-vehicle crash happened in the area of Park Ave. and Long Leaf […]
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BURNEY — A man was arrested after allegedly threatening several people at a Burney apartment complex and then fleeing from deputies and resisting arrest earlier this evening, Wednesday, Oct. 31. The incident began at Burney Villa Apartments, at 20181 Hudson St., between Cypress Ave. and Timber Hill Dr., and ended about a quarter-mile away on Park Ave. LEADING THE BURNEY […]
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UPDATED: Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2 p.m. See original story and photos below. BURNEY — New details are coming to light after an unoccupied Burney home was destroyed by an early morning blaze yesterday, Monday, Oct. 29. In response to an SCNS request for information and details about the fire, Burney Fire Protection District Chief Monte B Keady explained that despite […]
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BURNEY — Authorities are searching for a driver who may have left the scene of a vehicle accident that sparked a car fire earlier this evening, Friday, Sept. 7. The vehicle blaze quickly spread to nearby vegetation, according to a CHP incident log. The single vehicle accident happened in the area of Jack Rabbit Flat and SR-299. The highway, normally […]
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BURNEY — Officials are investigating a suspicious residential structure fire that erupted yesterday at an abandoned Burney home less than half mile from Burney’s Fire Station 17. The home, at 36764 Woods Ave, near Oak St. and behind Pit River Mini Mart, previously caught fire and burned in mid-April. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: Road rage may have led to Oak […]
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UPDATED: Thursday, Sept. 6, 5:43 p.m., With additional details and information UPDATED: Thursday, Sept. 6, 1:25 p.m., With lane closures updated See original story below. OAK RUN — Officials updated shortly before 1:20 p.m. that both directions of travel on SR-299 were re-opened and the victims had been transported from the scene and were headed to Mercy Medical Center in […]
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BURNEY — Area residents are abuzz after several recent mountain lion sightings, including one sighting early this morning along the southern end of Marquette St, south of downtown Burney, and another seen a few blocks away several hours later. Area residents began discussing the recent sightings earlier today, Wednesday, Aug. 22, after two different Burney residents shared posts online about […]
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BURNEY — A recent incident involving numerous reports of shots fired in the Burney Terrace area, followed by reports of a resident’s home that was struck by at least one of the discharged rounds have caused concern and frustration, as well as anxiety and outright anger, among Burney and Intermountain area residents. The Wednesday, Aug. 16, incident has left countless […]
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BURNEY –With all the smoke that has been lingering in the air from the numerous fires that have been burning in and around Burney and the Intermountain area, Burney Lions Club has been trying to help by handing out free respirators to all area residents. Club members were recently given a donation of 400 masks and are giving the masks […]
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BURNEY — Firefighters managed to quickly knock down a small, half-acre, brush and tree fire that erupted earlier this afternoon on Burney’s west end, north of Highway 299. A man believed to be a transient was seen running from the area behind Las Colinas Mobile Estates, off Main St. in the area of Tamarack Ave., shortly after the fire broke […]
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