News From Around The County
REDDING, Calif., — Authorities say a trio of Oregon residents were arrested after a traffic stop in Redding led to the discovery of heroin and multiple firearms, including some that were reported stolen and others that were un-serialized “Ghost Guns” Friday evening, Jan. 21. The trio reportedly told officers they had been traveling from Oregon to Modesto when they pulled […]
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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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REDDING, Calif., — Authorities have asked for the public’s help locating a wanted felon and accused stalker who allegedly fired a gun at the head of a teen who was trying to protect his mother outside their Redding residence last week. The teen, who narrowly avoided being shot, was reportedly chasing the man away from the home where he and […]
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REDDING, Calif., — Authorities say a pipe-wielding man who was smashing windows at a popular Redding bar while threatening to kill people was arrested without incident by officers who responded to the scene late last night, Tuesday, Jan. 18. In addition to last night’s arrest, jail records show that the alleged suspect, Cameron James Willits, 25, of Redding, was recently […]
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REDDING, Calif., — Authorities say a wrong-way driver was killed in a fiery wreck when she plowed head-on into a tractor-trailer combo on Interstate 5 in Redding early this morning, Friday, Jan. 14. Two occupants from the big rig managed to escape serious injury after the collision, which occurred just north of South Bonnyview Road, according to officials. LEADING THE […]
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REDDING, Calif., — Authorities have released the name of a local man whose remains were discovered at a construction site in Redding late last year. SCNS has since learned that the man had been reported as a missing and endangered person nearly eight years ago. The bones were discovered at the future Costco site by Native American Archeological Monitors who […]
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REDDING, Calif., — Officials today identified an elderly couple who were found murdered in their home in the 18000 block of Old Oasis Road in an unincorporated area north of Redding on Friday, Dec. 31. The double homicide and subsequent investigation led to the swift arrest of 28-year-old, Colton Wayne Rhone, of Redding, who now stands accused of the murders. […]
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SHASTA COUNTY, Calif., — Family, friends, and loved ones of a missing Pit River Tribal member who was last seen two years ago, in January 2020, are planning an advocacy rally and prayer vigil to bring awareness to his disappearance later this week. The event, which is scheduled for Wednesday morning, Jan. 5, at 10 a.m., will be held at […]
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UPDATED: Friday, Dec. 31, 1:27 p.m., With additional details from the Shasta County Sheriff’s Office. Originally published: Friday, Dec. 31, 11:30 a.m. REDDING, Calif., — Although details are still emerging after a double homicide in an unincorporated area just north of Redding early this morning, Friday, Dec. 31, the Shasta County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed the deadly incident led to […]
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REDDING, Calif., — A felon who authorities say chased and shot at another man in Redding before firing his handgun into the air early last Monday morning was tracked down and arrested near his home last night. Officers who served a search warrant at the man’s residence located and seized numerous firearms, including an illegal assault rifle, as well as […]
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