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Angry towns consider withholding payment to Internet voting company
Leamington and Kingsville are considering withholding payment to the company that conducted Internet voting this election after results came in hours later than expected. “I’m very disappointed,” said...
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Horse trainer found guilty of fraud in doping case
A Tecumseh-based trainer caught injecting performance-enhancing drugs into a horse in 2010 has been convicted of fraud by the Ontario Court of Appeal. Derek Riesberry is the first person in Canada to...
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Parents to weigh in on new sex ed curriculum
Local parents – one from every school – will have a say as the province revamps the sex education curriculum that will be taught to their children beginning next year. The province announced Thursday...
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Accused murderer released on bail
A driver charged with first-degree murder in the death of his friend was released on bail Friday. Andrew Cowan, 42, of Leamington, was arrested Monday, more than two years after the crash on Talbot...
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Kingsville man pleads guilty in child pornography case
A Kingsville man whose idea of a man cave was a basement full of computers containing child pornography pleaded guilty Friday. Robert Denza, 46, had 328 still images and 34 videos of children as young...
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Home invader sentenced to five years
A young man who participated in a violent home invasion that has left his victims in emotional turmoil was sentenced Friday to five years in a federal penitentiary. Jalen Lloyd Elliott-Strain, 22, was...
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Gun-toting convict makes bid for house arrest
A man who threw a shopping bag full of firearms and ammunition from a moving vehicle before police took him down at gunpoint wants to serve his sentence in the comfort of his home. Gurfathe Singh...
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Food security a United Way success story
The United Way has just kicked off its annual fundraising campaign and with it, is looking at its accomplishments of the last five years. One of its successes is its food security strategy. It spends...
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Teen assault captured on cellphone for posterity
A Lakeshore girl who had a friend videotape her beating up another girl in a public park in the summer was ordered Wednesday to take anger-management counselling and be under court supervision for the...
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Ministry of Labour investigating police complaints on Pelee Island
Many OPP officers are refusing to work on Pelee Island, citing unsafe conditions for both themselves and the people they arrest. Inspectors from the Ontario Ministry of Labour visited the island...
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Steering youth onto better path goal of diversion program
Sexters, thieves, bullies and teens dabbling in drugs and alcohol – Youth Diversion has seen them all. The local agency that last year offered counselling programs to 319 troubled youths is finding its...
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Kooner sentenced to jail, applies for bail
Five years after pitching a bag of guns and ammunition out the window of a moving car, Gurfathe “Laddi” Kooner began serving a penitentiary term Thursday. But his stay behind bars may be brief. Less...
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Local horse-doping case headed to Supreme Court of Canada
The precedent-setting case of a Tecumseh-based trainer convicted of doping his racehorse is headed to highest court in the land. Derek Riesberry, 44, is appealing his fraud conviction to the Supreme...
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Live Blog Replay: Scott McLaughlin declared a dangerous offender
Justice Renee Pomerance knows not to bury the lede. — S Sacheli (@WinStarSacheli) November 17, 2014 Scott McLaughlin hanging his head in court as judge declares him a dangerous offender. — S Sacheli...
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Dangerous offender terrorized female cab driver; ‘I’ll kill you if you don’t...
On a wintry Saturday afternoon in January 2009, the life of an Essex County woman irreparably changed. She was 71 and driving a cab for a living — not how she envisioned her golden years. At 1:45 p.m....
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Pot grower sentenced to nine months in jail
A local man who once spent 15 months in a U.S. jail for smuggling illegal immigrants into Michigan is back behind bars on this side of the border for running a marijuana grow operation. Frank William...
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Prospective tenants targeted by fraudsters
Jodi Clapp is looking for a house to rent and instead uncovered a scam by fraudsters looking to swindle money out of prospective tenants like herself. Clapp visited a local website called Rent4All.ca...
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Accused pedophile denied bail
An accused pedophile who looks like a child himself fought back tears in court Thursday as a justice of peace denied his bail application. James Andrew Piche, 29, was remanded back into custody and...
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First-degree murder charges dropped in fatal stabbing case
A young man police accused of fatally stabbing a University of Windsor student during a melee downtown last year had the murder charge against him dropped Thursday. Dwayne Nicholas Pierce, 23, had been...
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Immigration lawyer counselled client to lie, court hears
A Windsor immigration lawyer testified Monday that she was charged criminally and stripped of her licence without ever having a chance to defend herself. Sandra Saccucci Zaher is on trial charged with...
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