Heather Wright/The Independent An abandoned oil well found at Lambton County’s public works yard in Petrolia is making the replacement of the fuel system there a lot more complex and a lot more expensive. In 2024, the county set aside $125,000 to replace the underground fuel storage tanks with an above ground pumps on a concrete pad. As the work

Heather Wright/The Independent The Alvinston Legion has a new home on Nauvoo Road. The branch started raising money for a new building on the site of the former Columbia Hotel several years ago and had socked away $600,000 according to Terry MacDonald. “We were looking at a long time to raise enough money to be able to start to put a shovel in the

It was a double header win for the LCCVI Girls’ basketball teams. First, the Junior Girls beat Wallaceburg 45-20 in the Petrolia gym. Then the Senior Girls topped the Tartans 42-29 in the second game. LCCVI heads to Forest to take on North Lambton in a doubleheader on Sept. 24 with the juniors playing at 5:30 pm and the seniors

Hunter Duncan had four touchdowns as the LCCVI Lancers topped Wallaceburg in the first game of the high school football season. LCCVI won the home game 39-14 over the Titans. Along with the four touchdowns, Duncan had five extra points in the Lancer effort. Gabriel Ardell, Owen Love and Isaac Maw also made it into the end zone for LCCVI.