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The Andantes, Motown’s secret weapon (With Video)
They were Motown’s secret weapon, but today hardly anybody has heard of them. The Andantes were the most prolific girl group at Motown Records in the early 1960s, singing backup on more than 20,000...
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Photos and Video: Motown Museum’s Girl Groups
Step back in time in the famous Studio A where manyof Motown’s artists recorded their songs. (DAX MELMER / The Windsor Star) Allen C. Rawls, Motown Museum board member, discusses the Girl Groups...
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Obama says he’s reaching out to Republicans to untangle budget gridlock
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama says he’s reaching out to lawmakers from both parties in hopes of untangling the gridlock that has stymied progress on budget issues in Washington. In his weekly...
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Cardinals only in the Sistine Chapel, but Catholics & others create ‘virtual...
Rachel Zoll, The Associated Press VATICAN CITY – A pastor in Ontario wondered about behind-the-scenes politicking ahead of the conclave to elect the next pope. He could have read news reports or...
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Windsor Mosquito Bomber Group celebrates milestone
Windsor Mosquito Bomber Group volunteers who have been reconstructing a Second World War aircraft for the past 20 years celebrated a milestone Saturday. A crowd gathered at the Canadian Historical...
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Walker Rd. house destroyed in fire
A family of three returned to find their home in Paquette Corners on fire Saturday afternoon. Deputy Essex Fire Chief Dan Smith said the fire broke out at 14013 Walker Rd. around 3:30 p.m. The...
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Photos: House Fire on Walker Road
The Essex Fire Department responded to a house fire at 14013 Walker Road at Paquette Corners shortly before 4:30 pm, Saturday, March 9, 2013. No one was home at the time of the fire and no injuries...
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Cat man ‘overwhelmed’ by community support
While Batman is a fictitious justice-seeking superhero that aims to protect humans, Windsor-Essex has a man leading a taskforce aimed at protecting felines – and he’s very real. Known as the cat man,...
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Councillor organizes Enwin meeting Thursday
Coun. Alan Halberstadt isn’t shy about expressing his dislike for the $4 million dividend Enwin pays the City of Windsor. He thinks if the dividend were eliminated, electricity rates could be reduced....
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Court issues arrest warrant for missing witness
The trial of a senior citizen accused of terrorizing a couple during a home invasion was adjourned Monday and an arrest warrant was issued for a key Crown witness who failed to show up to testify. The...
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Low water levels sink chances of some boaters this year (with video)
For the first time in 30 years, Bob Stevenson won’t be boating this summer. Lake levels are so low he figures he will have to leave his 25 foot cabin cruiser on land. He doesn’t want to risk damage and...
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Facebook ‘likes’ reveal your secret life to the world
LONDON — Clicking those friendly blue “like” buttons strewn across the Web may be doing more than marking you as a fan of Coca-Cola or Lady Gaga. It could out you as gay. It might reveal how you vote....
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Chatham police officer stabbed at hospital
A Lambton County man is behind bars after slashing a police officer in the leg early Monday at a hospital. Chatham-Kent police were called to a Chatham hospital to deal with a disturbance. When the...
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Citizens Environment Alliance dismayed by petcoke storage
After decades of efforts to clean up the Detroit River, the last thing the Citizens Environment Alliance wanted to learn last week was that petcoke — a nasty byproduct of refining thick Alberta crude —...
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Amherstburg firefighters douse McCurdy blaze
Amherstburg firefighters from Station 1 and 3 attended a house fire at 325 McCurdy Drive March 11, 2013. The basement of the home was fully involved when firefighters arrived according to Deputy Fire...
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Fugitive stabber may have Toronto ties
Windsor police are hunting for a stabbing suspect with possible Toronto ties after an early morning attack Sunday. Officers were dispatched to the rear alley in the 500 block of Ouellette Avenue,...
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Electrical blaze and fireplace logs keep Essex crews busy
A massive fire in Paquette Corners on Saturday – among several blazes Essex crews battled over the weekend – was likely sparked by an electrical malfunction. Essex fire department Chief Dan Smith said...
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Summertime OR closures planned at Hotel-Dieu
Hotel-Dieu Grace Hospital will close its nine operating rooms this summer, opening them only for emergency surgeries for two weeks between July 29 and Aug. 9 to allow staff to take vacation mid-summer...
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Target’s soft launch keeps customers guessing
Target Canada announced the opening of its first three stores the day before it happened. It called the Guelph, Milton and Fergus locations “pilot stores,” which welcomed customers before the shelves...
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ERCA turns 40, started after 1973 St. Patrick’s Day flood
Forty years ago Sunday there was four feet of water on Riverside Drive, flooding a half mile inland in Tecumseh and flooding so severe along Lake St. Clair that up to 3,000 residents were evacuated...
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