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The Highgate Fairgrounds will be a busy spot tomorrow, the shelves at the Salvation Army's food bank in Chatham-Kent are getting a nice boost from a recent donation drive by the local Knights of Columbus, and if you want to weigh in on this year's municipal budget talks, you can do that now.

Morning News for Friday, September 27, 2024

Chatham-Kent firefighters got some help from a Windsor Hazmat team after some digging at a Tilbury residence uncovered an oil-type substance. An elderly man from Tilbury is facing a pair of assault charges following a family dispute. A local teen is still searching for a bone marrow donor. Live Nation plans to build a new open-air music venue in Toronto's north end. Hurricane Helene was upgraded to a category 3 storm this afternoon -- and is expected to be even stronger when it makes landfall in Florida tonight.

Chatham-Kent firefighters got some help from a Windsor Hazmat team after some digging at a Tilbury residence uncovered an oil-type substance underground, a 73-year-old Tilbury man is facing two counts of assault after a family argument turned violent, and a 34-year-old Windsor man is facing charges after he was found hiding in the attic of a home he had been ordered to stay away from.

Chatham-Kent's municipal budget talks won't really get underway until November but a local councillor is hoping to get ahead of that with some proposed cuts, one of the best home builders in the province is in Chatham-Kent, and the Chatham Sports Hall of Fame is welcoming a handful of new members tonight.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has survived his first confidence vote. Chatham-Kent police can cross more than a dozen names off of their wanted list after they cracked down on fulfilling several arrest warrants. A 62-year-old Lakeshore woman faces charges after the OPP searched a home in Leamington and found methamphetamine. Tensions continue to rise along the Israel-Lebanon border. A Chatham man has a million reasons to celebrate after he won big on a recent Lotto Max draw.

One of the three people who were charged with murder after a body was found in Chatham has had that charge against him dropped in court, a drill rig is set to start digging into downtown Wheatley this weekend, and Ontario's Minister of Economic Development is pushing for a ban on software in Canadian-made cars.

A man is facing a pair of arson charges after a home in Chatham caught fire.  A Walpole Island First Nation resident is facing gun and drug charges following a traffic stop. Provincial police in southwestern Ontario are hammering down on unsafe drivers, especially those with illegally modified vehicles. It's the end of an era for Habitat for Humanity Chatham-Kent's ReStore on Riverview Drive. Almost 300 former CRA employees  were found to have taken Canada Emergency Response Benefit payments when they weren't eligible. There is a special weather statement in effect for Chatham-Kent lasting into tomorrow morning.

We're looking at some heavy rain this afternoon and tonight, a 45-year-old man is facing a pair of arson charges after he allegedly started a fire at a home on Taylor Avenue in Chatham, and a 57-year-old Walpole Island resident is facing numerous charges after OPP pulled over a vehicle on the First Nation late last week.

Morning News for Tuesday, September 24, 2024