Wingham Free Press(MAPLETON TOWNSHIP, ON) Wellington Road 12 between Wellington Road 109 and the 12th Line of Mapleton Township will be closed while Ontario Hydro crews repair approximately 30 snapped hydro poles. Updates will be provided as they come available.
(WELLINGTON COUNTY, ON) As a result of the extreme overnight weather, the County of Wellington OPP are reminding motorists to take extra care on our roads and highways today. The high winds and freezing rain overnight has resulted in downed power lines, damaged hydro poles, fallen trees and branches causing widespread power outages. Hydro crews […]
Perth county driving advisory 2013-04-12 Perth Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police advise of the following Road Advisory: 12 April 2013 0245 AM. Location: Perth County Brief Description of Event: Due to the freezing rain, icy conditions and high winds many trees, tree limbs and poles are down across roadways. Driving conditions are poor due […]
d(ELDERSLIE TWP, ON) On April 5, 2013 at 10:23 pm, members of the South Bruce Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were conducting R.I.D.E. on Concession 10 in Elderslie Township when a Red Pontiac GGT stopped. Officers found open alcohol in the vehicle. The driver, a 17 year old male, was charged for Driving with open liquor. […]
The Chatham-Kent Police Service has alerted all police officers in Ontario about the possibility of a wanted sex offender from the U.S. being in the province and posing as an NFL scout. The Sun Prairie Police Department in Sun Prairie, Wisc., said on April 1 that sex offender Britton D. Mckenzie, 66, cut off his […]
(CHESLEY, ON) On April 7, 2013 at 3:07 am, a South Bruce Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer on foot patrol in Chesley when yelling and swearing was overheard from the area of 2nd Avenue Southwest. The officer located an intoxicated man who was yelling at the occupants of a nearby house to start a fight. […]
(FORMOSA, ON) On April 7, 2013 at 2:00 pm, the South Bruce Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a report of 2 break ins at the Community Centre located along Community Drive in Formosa. Between 8:00 pm on April 5, 2013 and 10:00 am on April 6, 2013, the Community Centre was entered through a window […]
(WELLINGTON COUNTY, ON) The County of Wellington OPP are reminding motorists to take extra care on our roads and highways as the winter weather continues. Poor travel conditions are expected today with forecasts of freezing rain on the way which could cause adverse road conditions. OPP encourage motorists to respond to the rapidly-changing road conditions […]
(MUNICIPALITY OF NORTH PERTH, ON) On Thursday April 11, 2013, shortly after 3 a.m. Perth County Ontario Provincial Police (O.P.P.) officers in Listowel contacted the North Perth Fire Department when smoke and flames were observed coming from a residence at 433 Inkerman St. The male resident of the home was located outside by police and […]
(ARRAN TWP, ON) On April 7, 2013 at 4:27 pm, a South Bruce Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer on patrol along Concession 10 in Arran Township stopped to check on a Grey Chevrolet Cavalier with its lights on. The officer found that the vehicle was running and the man behind the wheel had been drinking […]