News From Around The County
YREKA, Calif., — The Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in locating a Yreka man who fled on foot after assaulting a deputy during a traffic stop Friday, April 8. The alleged suspect, 26-year-old Justin Edward Maughs, is considered armed and dangerous according to officials, who have cautioned that anyone who spots the absconded man not […]
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SISKIYOU COUNTY, Calif., — Siskiyou County Sheriff’s officials were saddened yesterday to announce the discovery of a man’s body floating in the Klamath River. Officials say the man’s lifeless body was discovered by family members who had continued their own search efforts in the hopes of finding their loved one alive. The victim, since confirmed to be Christopher Aubrey, went […]
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MT. SHASTA, Calif., — Although very few details have been released, officials this morning confirmed that a subject was killed in an officer and deputy-involved shooting that happened outside the city limits of Mt. Shasta last night, Friday, March 11. Citing the early and ongoing nature of the investigation, officials this morning said information about the shooting will be limited, […]
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YREKA, Calif., — Authorities say a deputy who witnessed a violent carjacking in progress alongside Interstate 5 in Yreka ended up pursuing an SUV pulling a second vehicle on a trailer for several miles before taking the suspected carjacker into custody early Monday evening, Feb. 21. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: Community coming together for local woman critically injured in Super […]
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YREKA, Calif., — Authorities were saddened to announce last night that a man who went missing early on the morning of Nov. 3 was discovered deceased near his pickup truck in a wooded area off Long Gulch Road in the Hawkinsville area of Siskiyou County. Officials who located the missing man, Kenneth “Kenny” Kyle, 52, of Yreka, had previously said that […]
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UPDATED: Saturday, Oct. 23, 10:35 a.m. See Original Story and Other Updates Below. SISKIYOU COUNTY, Calif., — Authorities were saddened to announce the discovery of a small plane that went missing after its pilot put out a distress call requesting an emergency landing while flying over the Trinity County area Wednesday evening, Oct. 20. The aircraft disappeared while traveling from […]
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The Fall River Resource Conservation District (RCD) recently announced a newly proposed project aimed at reducing fire dangers in the Lassen National Forest in Siskiyou and Modoc Counties. The area of the Wiley Project has a history of large and devastating fires, including Pondosa, Scarface, Day, and Hors 4 Corners. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: Victim hospitalized after Redding area quad […]
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BURNEY, Calif. — CHP and Caltrans officials have called for the full closure of SR-89, between the junctions of Interstate 5 near Mt. Shasta and SR-299E east of Burney. Additionally, all traffic already stuck along the now-closed 60-mile stretch is being turned back, “wherever possible”, according to officials. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: Human remains discovered near Cottonwood, investigation continuing Redding […]
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SISKIYOU COUNTY, Calif. — Three people, including one who was ejected, were seriously injured after a vehicle overturned multiple times in Siskiyou County Thursday evening, Jan. 14. The rollover accident happened along the northbound Interstate 5 south of Louie Road, about eight miles south of Grenada and twenty-one miles north of Mt. Shasta. It was the second major accident to […]
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SISKIYOU COUNTY, Calif. — A passenger was killed and a driver was seriously injured when their vehicle lost control and slammed into a tractor-trailer combo that was parked along the southbound Montague Road Interstate 5 onramp early Thursday morning, Jan. 7. Although CHP has said that temperatures at the time of the crash were in the freezing range and that […]
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