Tag: Shingletown

One airlifted, four others hospitalized, after Shingletown head-on crash

SHINGLETOWN, Calif. — Authorities say five people were injured, including one who was airlifted from the scene with critical injuries, after a two-vehicle head-on collision in east Shingletown on Christmas day. The collision, which forced the hours-long closure of Hwy. 44, happened near Miller Ranch Road according to California Highway Patrol – Northern Division Air Operations, whose Aviation Officers were […]

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Driver dead after fiery Shingletown rollover accident

SHINGLETOWN, Calif., — Authorities have confirmed that one person was killed in a fiery, solo-vehicle rollover crash in the Shingletown area early Sunday evening, Sept. 19. The fatal accident happened on Hwy 44, about one mile east of Brokeoff Meadows Road, according to local volunteer fire officials. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: Redding road rage collision leads to arrest of “heavily […]

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Unregistered Shingletown sex offender arrested after attempting to lure Redding girl into van

REDDING, Calif., — Authorities say an out-of-compliance and unregistered sex offender from the Shingletown area was arrested after attempting to lure a juvenile girl into his van and then challenging a group of children who came to her aid to fight Friday evening, Aug. 20. The young victim managed to flee to a nearby group of friends, where the alleged […]

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Old Station armed standoff, SWAT callout, ends with man’s arrest

OLD STATION, Calif. — Authorities say a man who violently fought with and then pulled a knife and threatened a deputy during an Old Station disturbance investigation was eventually apprehended after an hours-long standoff and SWAT callout yesterday morning, Wednesday, March 24. The alleged suspect, Benjamin W. Elliott, 41, of Old Station, was coaxed out of his residence by crisis […]

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Cottonwood man ID’d after fatal solo-vehicle crash near Shingletown

UPDATED: Thursday, Dec. 10, 10:49 a.m., With coroner’s release of information. Originally Published: Monday, Nov. 30, 10:52 a.m. SHINGLETOWN, Calif. — California Highway Patrol is investigating the cause of a single-vehicle crash that happened on Highway 44 near Boulder Ridge Trail, about five miles west of Shingletown Sunday, Nov. 29. There were no known witnesses to the fatal crash and […]

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UPDATE: Third Shingletown shooting victim dies – Search continuing for gunman’s missing father, 80

SHINGLETOWN, Calif. — Authorities last night announced that the third victim of a triple shooting that happened at a Shingletown home Saturday, June 27, has passed away. Two other men shot during last month’s deadly incident, which happened on the 27000 block of Gail Ln., near Dersch Rd., had already died the day of the shooting. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: Dangerous […]

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Shingletown double homicide suspect killed in SoCal

SHINGLETOWN, Calif. — Authorities who have spent the last several days searching for a man believed to have shot three people, killing two victims and critically injuring the third, announced last night that the alleged gunman was killed early yesterday morning following a traffic accident in Ontario, CA. According to CHP – Inland Division Area officers, Daun Eric Sanders, 35, […]

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UPDATE: Two dead, third critical, search for gunman continuing, after Shingletown shooting

UPDATED: June 28, 2:30 p.m. See Original and Updated Stories below. SHINGLETOWN, Calif. — Officials today formally named Daun Eric Sanders, 53, of Shingletown, as the man they believe was responsible for a triple shooting in Shingletown yesterday. The deadly encounter left two people dead at the scene and a third victim critically injured and clinging to life at a […]

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Shingletown head-on crash injures 3

SHINGLETOWN — Three people including a UPS driver were hospitalized after a head-on crash involving a delivery van and SUV in the Shingletown area Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 21. The two-vehicle accident happened on Hwy. 44, just east of Wilson Hill Rd., according to officials. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: RPD arrests woman, 29, charged in Weed man’s 2012 murder Search continuing […]

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From Shingle Camp to Shingletown

Guest Writer Spotlight: Jeremy M. Tuggle: Shasta Historical Society Above: an early photograph of Shingletown. From the collection of Jeremy Tuggle. Shingletown was first called Shingle Camp, it was established in 1848 as a tent community, and its name derives from the first production of shingles and shakes in Shasta County. Due to the abundance of sugar pine and cedar […]

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