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Evening News for Tuesday, May 7, 2024

Chatham-Kent police have released an annual report detailing crime in the municipality for 2023. Music for the Mind is teaming up with three local restaurants for a good cause. The Chatham-Kent Arts and Culture Network will receive a significant investment from the municipality. The St. Clair Region Conservation Authority is accepting scholarship applications ahead of the next school year. The Intercounty Baseball League has launched a new mobile app.

Noon News for Tuesday, May 7, 2024

The number of assaults overall jumped in Chatham-Kent last year compared to the year before while the number of murders went down, three local eateries in Chatham will be teaming up with a local mental health-focused charity to give back to the community on National Caesar Day, and a local conservation authority is now accepting scholarship applications ahead of the new school year -- starting in September.

Morning News for Tuesday, May 7, 2024

OPP are thanking a Good Samaritan for helping to reunite a missing 82-year-old with their family after stopping to help out a stranded motorist, a 17-year-old Chatham resident is facing a stunt driving charge after OPP stopped a vehicle that was going way too fast on Pioneer Line recently, and vandals have struck again at the Talbot Trail Place fountain in Blenheim.

Evening News for Monday, May 6, 2024

Chatham-Kent Council needs to figure out what to do about the now empty Ward 3 seat. Students with the St. Clair Catholic District School Board will be taking over the Blackburn Media airwaves this week. This year's national Emergency Preparedness week is themed "Be Prepared. Know Your Risks." Canada Post is raising the price of domestic stamps. The Rise House International Rock-a-thon took place on Saturday.

Noon News for Monday, May 6, 2024

The charges keep rolling in for a Chatham man who found out the hard way over the weekend, you can't outrun the long arm of the law, Students with the St. Clair Catholic District School Board will be taking over the Blackburn Media airwaves this week with some positive messages for Mental Health Week, and mailing a letter is going to cost you more.

Morning News for Monday, May 6, 2024

A Chatham man who was out on bail for 21 charges is accused of driving away from police during a traffic stop over the weekend, Mental Health will be on display throughout Chatham-Kent this week, and Canada's Public Safety Minister says new legislation is coming to strengthen the country's defences against foreign interference.

Afternoon News for Saturday, May 4, 2024

Longtime Chatham-Kent councillor Steve Pinsonneault won Thursday's Lambton-Kent-Middlesex by a landslide, despite low voter turnout. The winning ticket for the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance Foundation's Spring 50/50 was worth almost $75K. The federal government is providing $104M to help Toronto host six World Cup games in 2026.

Morning News for Saturday, May 4, 2024

Voter turnout in Thursday's Lambton-Kent-Middlesex by-election was way down. Time is running out for youth to apply for a $1,000 award from the Chatham-Kent YMCA. Ontario is expanding the powers of midwives. The winner of the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance Foundation's Spring 50/50 is taking home almost $75K.

Noon News for Friday, May 3, 2024

The acting medical officer of health in Chatham-Kent says the municipality has an obesity problem, several events are taking place in downtown Chatham this weekend to honour missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls in Canada, and a draw will take place this hour for the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance Foundation's Spring 50/50 fundraiser.

Morning News for Friday, May 3, 2024

Two big wins for the Progressive Conservatives in a pair of byelections in Ontario last night, voter turnout in both of those byelections was way down compared to the results from the general election two years ago, and the damage is estimated at up to $200,000 and a firefighter reported a minor injury after a house fire on O’Neil Street in Chatham.