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Sign up as an organ donor and help an Essex child reach his goal
A liver donor gave 10-year-old Kaidyn Blair the gift of life, and to say thank you, he wants to register one person as a donor for each of the 3,653 days he’s been alive since. Kaidyn’s parents are...
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Drug addiction and human trafficking: Poetry night tackles issues facing...
The Windsor Youth Centre will hold a poetry night this month aimed at fighting the dangers facing homeless young people. The first WYC’d Words happens March 24 at 6 p.m. at the Windsor Youth Centre, at...
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Windsor police stopped 250 vehicles in St. Patrick’s Day blitz
Windsor police stopped 250 vehicles and nabbed one allegedly impaired driver on St. Patrick’s Day. Police issued 22 Highway Traffic Act tickets and administered three breathalyzer tests, one resulting...
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Harrow area busing program to end
Beginning with the 2014-15 school year, students living in the Harrow area will no longer have busing provided for General Amherst or Kingsville for courses or extracurricular activities not available...
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Two people arrested, one still on the run, after Chatham-Kent drug raid
Chatham-Kent police arrested two people and seized $13,000 worth of drugs and cash during a raid Wednesday night in Tilbury. Police are still searching for a third suspect after the Intelligence Unit...
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General Motors recalls 34,000 Cadillacs, Buicks
DETROIT — General Motors is recalling nearly 34,000 Buicks and Cadillacs in the U.S., Canada and elsewhere to fix a problem with the automatic transmissions. The recall affects Buick LaCrosse...
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Rihanna’s tour buses stopped at Ambassador Bridge?
Celebrity gossip website TMZ is reporting today that Rihanna’s tour buses were stopped at the Ambassador Bridge for marijuana. Rihanna performs on stage at the Staples Center during the 55th Grammy...
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Torrington, Conn., football players charged with sexually assaulting...
TORRINGTON, Conn. – Two members of the Torrington High School football team have been charged with sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl, who has been taunted on social media sites in recent weeks by...
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Telescope that eyes Big Bang’s afterglow shows universe is 80 million years...
Lori Hinnant And Seth Borenstein, The Associated Press PARIS – New results from a look into the split second after the Big Bang indicate the universe is 80 million years older than previously thought...
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Workers protest outside Klinec Manufacturing in Windsor
Former employees of Klinec Electric Service and Manufacturing have been waiting since last August to collect more than $40,000 in termination pay after they were fired for refusing to accept a $3 an...
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Windsor, Chatham-Kent police join global tweet-a-thon
Chatham-Kent and Windsor police will join more than 100 other police agencies around the world in an awareness-raising tweet-a-thon Friday. Follow the hashtag #poltwt starting at 8 a.m. to see police...
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Windsor senior found guilty in home invasion case
A geriatric home invader could face “hard time” after he tied up a pair of frightened senior citizens with their shoe laces, then needed help fleeing their house. Robert Mahon, 67, was convicted...
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Man gets $20,000 for brain injury
A 58-year-old man was awarded $20,000 by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board Thursday for suffering a brain injury while trying to protect his son. Initially James Reeves didn’t think he had any...
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Delivery for Piruzza: Block of ice with $10.25
Anti-poverty activists plan to deliver a cold message to Teresa Piruzza Friday. Participants will gather at 11 a.m. at the Windsor West MPP’s office at 2570 Dougall Ave., Unit 2, to drop off $10.25...
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Head of Windsor-Essex public school board announces resignation
Warren Kennedy, director of education for the Greater Essex County District School Board, has announced that he will be resigning from his position this year. “My time with the GECDSB has been...
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YouTube’s online viewership surpasses 1 billion per month
SAN FRANCISCO — YouTube says more than 1 billion people are now visiting its online video site each month to watch everything from clips of cute kittens to scenes of social unrest around the world....
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More family pets can now be saved in Essex County house fires (With Video)
Animals are people too when it comes to suffering from smoke inhalation and the Essex County Veterinary Association is helping to ensure four-legged family-members are taken care of as well. The...
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Parolee wanted in connection with Colorado prison chief death killed after...
Angela K. Brown And P. Solomon Banda, The Associated Press DECATUR, Texas – A paroled Colorado inmate who may be linked to the killing of the state’s prison chief led Texas deputies on a high-speed car...
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Punxsutawney Phil ‘indicted’ over spring forecast
Amanda Lee Myers and Mark Scolforo/The Associated Press CINCINNATI — Famed groundhog Punxsutawney Phil might want to go back into hibernation. Authorities in still-frigid Ohio have issued an...
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Trudeau to visit for pricey fundraiser in Windsor
Justin Trudeau has raised over a $1-million for his Liberal leadership bid and he’ll add to that total March 27 when local Liberals host a $500-a-ticket fundraiser at City Grill. “He’s a political...
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