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  The sign on the side of Oil Heritage Road says it all. Oil Springs is about to lose one more business. In January, Progressive Auto purchased Mid-County Ford from the Melton family. While many expected the locations in Dresden and Wallaceburg to remain open, rumours swirled about the future of the original dealership in Oil Springs. Mayor Ian Veen

It seemed natural for Bill Davidson to get involved in firefighting. The Wyoming man’s dad was the fire chief and when Davidson was still a young boy, it was his job to activate the siren when there was a fire in town. The button, after all, was in his bedroom. Davidson, who retired after 40 years on the Wyoming Fire

  Tourism Sarnia Lambton officials want to be on the forefront of an emerging market – accessible tourism. TSL General Manager Marlene Wood recently told Lambton County councilors 2.072 million people came to the area according to statistics from 2011. Most of those, about 1.3 million were Canadians, many from southwestern Ontario. Most – 463,000 – come for outdoor and

Danielle Huizinga still cannot believe it is true. The high school student came home to her semi-formal dance Thursday night to hear a woman she admired so much she wanted to be like her had died in a horrific crash in whiteout conditions on Highway 402. Huizinga had been part of Kimberly Anderson McGuire’s youth group at Wyoming Baptist Church.

It seems everybody loves church ladies. Petrolia’s director of performing arts says Victoria Playhouse Petrolia’s offering of The Church Basement Ladies to kick off the 2014 season is boosting ticket sales. Richard Poore says the play about the little old ladies of the church and their pastor is drawing so much interest, another show has already been added. “The group

Brooke-Alvinston Mayor Don McGugan says he has to explore every policing option to make sure his municipality isn’t spending too much money. McGugan is one of many rural Ontario mayors concerned about the changes coming to the way the OPP bills them for their services. The OPP plans to charge every municipality a flat rate and then a rate per

 Town Councilors meet with residents to talk about the budget. Petrolia residents will be paying about 1.9 percent more in taxes this year. Town Council passed the $5.9 million budget Monday. It includes an extra $115,000 increase for police services and an extra $20,000 for snow removal. The town has already spent $34,000 on snow removal this year. Mayor John

  Coming soon to a public space near you – the history of Petrolia. Jean Bradshaw, one of the people hoping to establish a museum for the community, says they will soon be bringing out some of their artifacts and putting them in public spaces for people to see. Bradshaw says sports memorabilia, such as a football from a Western

Lambton politicians want to give the public a chance to look at agreement with NextEra Energy before they pass it. Lambton County staff has been negotiating with NextEra on a road allowance use agreement so they can place their transmission lines for the Jericho Wind Energy project in Lambton Shores and Warwick Township along the sides of the roads. The

In Dawn-Euphemia, residents living on the Dawn side would have to travel to Florence, seen in this historic picture, for a beer. That may change.   Dawn-Euphemia may be the only municipality in Ontario that is still bans the sale of alcohol – in at least half of the municipalities – but that may be about to change. In the

Lambton OPP say two young local people are the victims of that horrific crash on the 402 Thursday. Thirty-seven cars crashed when a sudden snow squall blinded drivers on Highway 402 just past the Oil Heritage Road exit just before 9am Thursday. Transports and cars lay in a mangled mess along the highway as the firefighters from Wyoming, Camlachie and

Lambton OPP say two people died in the massive pileup on the 402. Transports and cars collided on the westbound 402 near Oil Heritage Road around 8:30am yesterday in sudden snow squalls which created whiteout conditions. Police say 37 vehicles including tractor trailers and passenger vehicles were involved in this collision at Oil Heritage Road. It was one of three collisions