The first-ever Chatham-Kent Black Excellence Awards take place tonight. Canada Post is aiming to raise the cost of stamps in the coming months. More salad kits have been recalled due to possible Listeria contamination. Taylor Swift will be a big part of the sports betting landscape on Super Bowl Sunday.

The first-ever Chatham-Kent Black Excellence Awards take place tonight. The Chatham-Kent Barnstormers will reveal their team mascot this morning. More salad kits have been recalled due to possible Listeria contamination. Taylor Swift will be a big part of the sports betting landscape on Super Bowl Sunday.

Noon News for Friday, February 9, 2024

There are a couple of information sessions coming up to talk about a proposed landfill expansion just north of Dresden, it'll feel a lot more like spring than the dead of winter today, and Chatham's Bridget Carleton led the way for Team Canada as they scored a big win in their first game at the FIBA Olympic Qualifying tournament.

A 28-year-old Blenheim man is facing a handful of charges after Chatham-Kent police searched a store in the Blenheim area and found some illicit cannabis and some other drugs, Bell Media is selling off another 45 radio stations, and over 100 walkers are getting ready to hit the sidewalk in Chatham for the Coldest Night of the Year fundraiser.

Auto thefts will be a hot topic this week as federal leaders talk about a rising trend in that specific crime across the country, border guards are reporting another big drug bust at the Ambassador Bridge between Windsor and Detroit, Chatham's Bridget Carleton will once again help Canada's women's basketball team try to qualify for the Olympics.

A Dresden woman has been sentenced to five years in jail and will be banned from driving for eight years for a crash that killed her friend in 2021, Chatham-Kent is getting a nice boost from Tennis Canada towards plans for a new domed tennis court project, and the upcoming solar eclipse will be moving a PA Day around for kids in the French Catholic system, too now.

A wood stove sparked a shed fire in the Blenheim area, Hydro One is making several commitments to the Chatham-Kent community in its construction plans for the new St. Clair Transmission Line, and no mention of the Chatham Coloured All-stars in this year's Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame class.

A 36-year-old Toronto-area man who killed someone in Chatham in October 2022 will spend another year behind bars after he was sentenced for manslaughter, a Dresden-area councillor is working on digging up some more information about a proposed landfill expansion north of Dresden, and some more buildings in downtown Wheatley could be coming down this spring or summer.