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Morning News for Friday, April 25, 2025

A Tilbury woman charged with first-degree murder will be going to trial after all. A 29-year-old Chatham man is facing 8 years behind bars after pleading guilty to attempted murder. Police are looking for witnesses to a two-vehicle crash on Riverview Drive last Thursday. The Chatham-Kent Black Historical Society & Black Mecca Museum will put Black health front and centre this weekend. The Chatham Maroons are back on home ice for Game 4 of the GOJHL Western Conference Championship.

Chatham-Kent police would still like to hear from you if you saw a two-vehicle crash on Riverview Drive just outside of Chatham last week Thursday, Chatham-Kent is set to celebrate a couple dozen community members who give back through volunteerism, and the Chatham-Kent Black Historical Society & Black Mecca Museum will put Black health front and centre this weekend.

Morning News for Thursday, April 24, 2025

CK Public Health is reporting a measles exposure site in Blenheim. The man found guilty of causing a fatal crash during the Retrofest classic car cruise in 2022 will spend a little over a month in jail. CK police have arrested the person suspected of stealing a senior's $2,000 bracelet. Time is running out to sign up for the "Light up the Night for Noelle" 5K run. Community Living Chatham-Kent is bringing back its popular box lunch fundraiser.

The man found guilty of causing a crash that killed two people during a Retrofest car cruise three years ago will serve some time behind bars, almost one quarter of all eligible voters in the riding of Chatham-Kent-Leamington took advantage of the advance polls over the long weekend, and over 180 people in Chatham-Kent have registered to take part in a fundraising 5km run coming up later this week.

An increase in substance use and behavioural issues is prompting the Chatham-Kent library to make some changes, a Wallaceburg man is facing an assault charge after he allegedly hit someone else in the head with a golf club on Good Friday, and voter turnout is noticeably up in the federal election compared to the last time Canadians went to the polls.

The Chatham-Kent Public Health Unit is warning the public about three more measles exposure sites. The damage is estimated at $200K after a house fire on Patteson Avenue in Chatham last night. A drug bust at a Chatham motel turned up suspected fentanyl and more than half a kilo of cocaine. The largest annual pop culture celebration returns to Chatham-Ken on the weekend with another two-day event. The Boston Marathon was no match for two Chatham-Kent runners.

The damage is estimated at $200,000 and the cause is going down as "undetermined" after a house fire on Patteson Avenue in Chatham, Chatham-Kent's largest annual pop culture celebration returns on the weekend with another two-day event, and Pope Francis will be laid to rest on Saturday.

Catholics across southwestern Ontario are joining mourners worldwide after the death of Pope Francis, the federal election now less than a week away a new poll shows the Conservatives are closing the gap with the leading Liberals, and Grade 8 students across Chatham-Kent have the opportunity to take part in a first-of-its-kind track and field event.