Oregon men identified after bodies found in Oak Run – Double murder investigation continuing

UPDATED: Wednesday, Dec. 1, 8:16 a.m., With release of victims’ names and other details. Originally Published: Tuesday, Nov. 30, 10:22 a.m. OAK RUN, Calif., — Officials have confirmed that what began as a suspicious death investigation has transitioned to a double murder investigation after two Oregon men were found deceased in the Oak Run area, south of Round Mountain, early […]

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SR-299E re-opened after overturned big rig, spilled lumber, cause six hour cleanup

UPDATED: Tuesday, June 22, 9:26 p.m., With road closure update, additional details. Originally Published: Tuesday, June 22, 5:46 p.m. BELLA VISTA, Calif. — SR-299E has just re-opened and details are beginning to emerge after a flat-bed tractor-trailer combo carrying lumber overturned, dumping lumber across and partially blocking the two-lane mountain highway, earlier today. Tuesday, June 22. The minor injury rollover […]

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SR-299E crash leaves truck “buried in the trees” near Oak Run Rd

BELLA VISTA, Calif. — No injuries were reported after a pickup truck traveling on SR-299E went about 30 feet over the embankment and into the trees west of Oak Run Road yesterday afternoon, Tuesday, Jan. 19. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: Man who attacked Redding Rite Aid employees arrested Three found dead inside Redding home, investigation continuing UPDATE: More details after Redding […]

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UPDATE: Victim, 63, killed in deadly crash near Ingot ID’d

UPDATED: Friday, Jan. 10, 10:30 a.m. See Original Report below. As CHP’s investigation into last week’s deadly head-on collision continues, officials this morning released the name of the driver who was killed when his delivery van collided with a tractor-trailer combo. The fatal crash, which occurred last Friday, Jan. 3, happened on SR-299E near mile marker 44, just east of […]

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Group “pistol whipped”, one shot, during Oak Run home invasion

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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UPDATE: Felon arrested after Oak Run neighbor dispute leads to shooting

UPDATED: Thursday, Sept. 12, 12:30 p.m., With additional details from SCSO See Original Story and update below. OAK RUN — Authorities who investigated yesterday’s neighbor dispute and shooting in the mountain community of Oak Run have released further details about the incident, along with the names of the two people involved. The shooting happened on the 27000 block of Mineral […]

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Oak Run man found shot to death, SCSO investigating

OAK RUN — Authorities are investigating the murder of a Shasta County man who was found fatally shot yesterday, in the unincorporated mountain community of Oak Run, about 35 miles east of Redding. The man’s lifeless body was discovered on the 15000 block of Stagecoach Rd., near Frontier Rd., Thursday afternoon, Feb. 7. Yesterday’s murder was the second Shasta County […]

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Car plummets 50 ft off 299E into Cedar Creek

OAK RUN — California Highway Patrol is investigating a non-injury, solo vehicle crash near the unincorporated community of Oak Run after a vehicle plummeted about 50 feet down a steep embankment and ended up in Cedar Creek. The accident happened along Highway 299E, just west of Oak Run Rd., according to a CHP incident log.   LEADING THE BURNEY & […]

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Road rage may have led to Oak Run head-on crash, jack-knifed big-rig

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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