It's going to be especially hot and humid today and that has led Environment Canada to issue a special weather statement, the investigation continues into a fatal crash near Charing Cross over the weekend, and three men are facing charges after they were all caught shoplifting from a Chatham business. 

The holiday Monday will see a number of closures in Chatham-Kent. Emergency expenses to rehabilitate the Wheatley Water Treatment Plant are starting to pile up. The Canada Safe Boating Council is reminding people to brush up on their boating skills before hitting the water.

Emergency expenses to rehabilitate the Wheatley Water Treatment Plant are starting to pile up. Public Health Ontario says a young child has died after being hospitalized for measles. Fergie Jenkins Field now has one more item immortalizing its namesake.

Noon News for Friday, May 17, 2024

You can drink water right from the tap in Tilbury, Wheatley, and parts of Leamington again, the long weekend means some closures and service changes are coming up, and the hospital in Leamington has a new modern mammography machine now.

The boil water advisory that's still in effect for Wheatley and Tilbury could be lifted by the long weekend, the Chatham Kinsmen Fair is back after missing last year, and parks staff in Chatham-Kent are reminding you to make room for maintenance staff to do their jobs on local sports fields.

The Ontario government is looking at harsher penalties for impaired driving. The Municipality of Chatham-Kent is asking the public to stay off baseball diamonds marked as "permit-use only." WSIB will re-examine 50 claims made by temporary foreign workers, going back to 2007. Over 10,000 Canadians have been forced from their homes in the past few weeks due to wildfires.

The water should be flowing at all of the municipally-run splash pads across Chatham-Kent this weekend, police week is underway in Chatham-Kent -- and this year's theme is Join Policing... Keep Ontario Safe, and more progress on the Gordie Howe International Bridge between Windsor and Detroit.

More security cameras will be coming to downtown areas across the municipality. Chatham-Kent administration will be writing some extra reports ahead of the next council meeting. Frito Lay Canada is recalling Sunchips and Munchies snack mix due to potential salmonella contamination. Ontario is marking the fifth anniversary of the province's Day of Action on Litter. Celebrated Canadian author Alice Munro has died at the age of 92.

More security cameras will be coming to downtown areas across the municipality, the Ontario government is cracking down on auto thefts by introducing some harsher penalties for people who are caught committing that crime, and if you have the Harvest Cheddar flavour of Sunchips or the Munchies snack mix in your cupboard those are being recalled.