CK Recreation's first-ever Family Day event is sold out. A $1M investment from the province aims to connect more people to local primary care. Highgate Meats in east Chatham-Kent is receiving a $76K grant. The 27th annual Great Backyard Bird Count is on this long weekend.

Chatham-Kent police have arrested a man who allegedly assaulted a security guard after he was discharged from the hospital in Chatham, the NDP have settled on a candidate for the upcoming byelection in Lambton-Kent-Middlesex, and the province is working on making it easier to install public charging stations for electric vehicles.

Plans are coming along for fixing up Wheatley's water treatment plant, another big teachers' union has reached a new contract agreement with the province, and a holiday fundraising campaign for the Children’s Treatment Centre Foundation of Chatham-Kent ended up paying off in a big way.

The Highway 401 is fully open again after an early morning transport truck rollover on the highway between Tilbury and Chatham, OPP are urging drivers to keep their eyes on the road when they are passing crash scenes, and the Ontario government is introducing legislation that will make the freeze on drivers license fees permanent and automating renewals.

Hope Haven in Chatham is opening up as a warming centre, construction is underway on the walking bridge in Wallaceburg, and three people are in police custody after a shooting at yesterday's Super Bowl Parade in Kansas City.

A popular prom and grad wear giveaway is coming back to Chatham-Kent again this year, the LCBO is launching a pilot project to check your ID when you walk in instead of waiting until you're at the checkout counter, and an 18-year-old man is facing drug-trafficking charges after police seized about 50-thousand dollars worth of fentanyl from a home in Sarnia.

A federal announcement about loan forgiveness for rural doctors and nurses is welcome news for medical recruiters in Chatham-Kent, students at the two biggest school boards in Chatham-Kent will get a day off for the upcoming solar eclipse, and construction is underway on a new MRI suite at the hospital in nearby Leamington.