62-year-old facing assault charge after Brigden confrontation
BRIEFLY: Alvinston, Wyoming name new ball coaches
September 13, 2025
The Independent
Wyoming minor baseball has named its OBA Wranglers head coaches for the 2026 season. They are Jason Helps (under-18), Jace McCahill (under-15), Terry Wilson (under-13), Cam Major (under-11) and Justin Jackson (under-9).
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Malcolm Verstraten has been named the OBA under-16 coach for next season by Alvinston minor baseball. Brock Shea will lead the under-13 select team while Steve Straatman and Kevin Tizzard will be co-head coach for the OBA under-9 team. The association is still looking for potential coaches in the under-11, under-15 and under-18 divisions.
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The high school football season begins next Wednesday (Sept. 17) in Petrolia. The Lancers entertain Wallaceburg at 4 p.m. Great Lakes is the other AA school this season. But the interlocking schedule with larger AAA schools will also include games against St. Patrick’s, Northern, Ursuline and Chatham-Kent for LCCVI.
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Wyoming’s Tyler Kerby had four hits, scored a run and had an RBI in Lambton’s 10-4 win over Durham last Sunday in Oshawa to complete a doubleheader sweep in OCAA men’s college baseball. Lambton won the opener, 7-0.
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Marc Anderson won the men’s overall club championship at the Arkona Fairways last weekend. Bert Duister was the senior men’s champion and the junior champion is Hunter Brent. Rob Clare and Frits Geris won low net honours.
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Warwick’s Keegan Turner and June Cooper of Alvinston were overall flight winners this season on the Lambton Junior golf tour that wrapped up last weekend at the Sarnia Golf and Curling Club. The other overall winners were Andrew and Ryan Sudicky, Hunter Talbot and Sofia Rocca.
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Bkejawong’s Waukiigan Shognosh was taken in the first round of the National Lacrosse League draft on the weekend. He was selected 14th overall by Buffalo. The 18-year-old product of the Wallaceburg junior B franchise played junior A lacrosse in Peterborough this past summer.
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Carter Fogarty will continue his hockey journey in the OJHL. He’s been released to the Pickering Panthers by the Sarnia Legionnaires. The 17-year-old is a product of the Lambton Jr. Sting AAA program.
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62-year-old facing assault charge after Brigden confrontation
October 27, 2026
The Independent A 62-year-old St Clair Township man is facing a charge of assault with a weapon after a confrontation in Brigden. Lambton OPP were called to Brigden Road near Jane Street in the community Friday around 1:30 pm. Police found there had been a fight and one person was assaulted with a weapon. Police say the injuries were minor,
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One dead, another person arrested on Walpole Island
October 27, 2026
The Independent One person is dead and another is in police custody on Walpole Island. Lambton OPP were called to River Road around 1:30 am Monday for a disturbance. They found one person who was injured and pronounced dead at the scene. Officers arrested one person at the scene without incident. “Investigators believe this to be an isolated incident with
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Agar returns as mayor of St. Clair Township
October 27, 2026
Heather Wright/The Independent Jeff Agar will return as St Clair Township Mayor. He defeated newcomer Bruce Gibson with a margin of 3,625 to 1,114 votes. “It’s mind-boggling,” Agar said of the wait to find out if he won. “Even if you think you’re gonna win, it’s still is because you never know.” Agar says it was a very long campaign,
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Entire Plympton-Wyoming council returns to office
October 27, 2026
Heather Wright/The Independent The entire council in Plympton-Wyoming has been returned to office. Mayor elect Gary Atkinson defeated Tim Wilkins 2,061 to 1,633 in the polls Monday. Deputy mayor elect Netty McEwen got more than double the votes of challenger Brad Zantingh. Alex Boughen topped the polls for councillors with 2,446 votes; John Van Klaveren had 2,164 votes; Mike Vasey collected
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