News From Around The County
COTTONWOOD, Calif., — Authorities say a domestic violence related incident led to the fatal shooting of a Cottonwood man Sunday, August 7. According to officials, the woman alleged to have fatally shot the man suffered “severe” injuries at the hands of her attacker and was being “physically and mentally abused” by the man who ended up dead as the result […]
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MORENO VALLEY, Calif., — Although few details have been released, authorities say a local man has died after being found with multiple gunshot injuries in Moreno Valley Sunday afternoon, March 27. No arrests have been made in the fatal shooting, which happened in the Edgemont area of the 21000 block of Cottonwood Avenue west of Day Street, according to officials. […]
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COTTONWOOD, Calif., — Authorities say an investigation into a pair of explosives that were reportedly were thrown into the yard of a Cottonwood home in the 3500 block of Rancho Estates Road, north of Gas Point Road, led to the closure of several Cottonwood area streets and the lockdown of a Cottonwood school Monday, March 21. One of the devices reportedly […]
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COTTONWOOD, Calif. — Authorities say three young local females, including two teens, were killed after a small passenger vehicle they were in veered off Interstate 5 in Cottonwood and slammed into the back of a big rig that was parked along the shoulder of the freeway early Sunday morning, March 20. The deadly crash, which happened south of the Cottonwood […]
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REDDING, Calif., — Authorities say an Anderson man was arrested at the end of a dangerous high-speed pursuit of a stolen pickup truck pulling a flat-bed trailer that began in Redding and ended in Cottonwood early Saturday morning, Jan. 22. Multiple law enforcement agencies participated in or assisted with the pursuit and subsequent search for the suspect, who abandoned his […]
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ANDERSON, Calif., — Authorities in Anderson made quick work of solving a vehicle burglary and theft of a handgun and other property that occurred at a local Walmart Tuesday morning, Nov. 2. A felon on Post Community Release Supervision (PRCS) probation was arrested in connection with the incident, according to officials, who say they also recovered the handgun and other […]
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COTTONWOOD, Calif., — Authorities say a felon who was already on PRCS probation for a prior drug sales conviction was arrested again after a traffic stop in the unincorporated community of Cottonwood uncovered methamphetamine and more than $1,200 in US currency Saturday afternoon, July 24. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: Witness describes harrowing ordeal after young drowning victim pulled from Redding […]
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UPDATED: Friday, May 28, 2 p.m., With coroner’s release of information. Originally Published: Wednesday, May 26, 8:45 a.m. COTTONWOOD, Calif. — Officials today released the name of an Anderson man who was fatally run down by a motorist who then fled the scene, leaving the victim to die along the side of a Cottonwood road during the early morning hours […]
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UPDATED: Thursday, April 1, 1:38 p.m., With additional details and release of victim’s name. Originally Published: Wednesday, March 31, 11:38 p.m. LAKE CALIFORNIA, Calif. — Authorities have identified a Cottonwood woman who was killed after a solo-vehicle traffic collision in Lake California Tuesday evening, March 30. A passenger in the car when the fatal accident occurred received minor injuries and […]
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COTTONWOOD, Calif. — Saying, “Not on our watch”, Shasta County Sheriff’s Office announced that a side-by-side UTV stolen from West Valley High School in Cottonwood over the weekend was recovered and a man was arrested earlier today, Wednesday morning, March 24. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: Wanted parolee’s arrest ends Shasta Lake barricaded standoff BREAKING: Homicide investigation underway after Burney man’s death […]
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