Water and sewer rates are going up in Chatham-Kent, the Ministry of Labour has confirmed the death of a temporary foreign worker from Jamaica who was self-isolating in the Leamington area, and there’s an online fundraiser up and running for a former Chatham-Kent police dog that retired from the force a couple of years ago.

School board officials across the region say the first week of returning to in-class learning went well, another abandoned well has been found in downtown Wheatley, this week’s episode of the 519 podcast is a true crime story about a millionaire nursing home owner who hired hitmen to kill his wife.

Evening News for Thursday, January 20, 2022

It looks like the snow that was supposed to blow through this morning has been delayed a bit, the number of COVID positive patients at the hospital in Chatham is holding steady, and Chatham-Kent police have laid charges against two drivers after officers were called to a pair of crashes in Chatham.

Get ready for a snowy start to the day if you’re heading toward the London-area, we should get an update from Premier Doug Ford today on the province’s plans for easing the latest round of COVID-19 restrictions, and another poll seems to suggest there’s growing support in Canada for harsher consequences for people who haven’t been vaccinated yet.

Evening News for Wednesday, January 19, 2022

If you haven't pulled out your snow shovel yet you may want to do that before tonight, two more COVID-19 deaths are being reported in Chatham-Kent today, and students at high schools in the St. Clair Catholic District School Board will soon be required to take a First Nations-focused class.

A Chatham man has been sentenced to four years in jail after pleading guilty to impaired driving in a crash that killed a young girl in Pain Court in the summer of 2020, multiple animal rescues across Chatham-Kent are sharing their appreciation after more than $15,000 was raised locally in honour of legendary actress and long-time animal rights activist Betty White, and some new research from the University of Windsor is showing that TWO masks may be better than one.

Evening News for Tuesday, January 18, 2022

More evacuees from Wheatley were able to return home for a quick check on their property over the weekend, unionized academic employees colleges across the province could be voting on the latest offer from their employer, and plans for a public storage facility inside the former Target store in Chatham have been postponed.