All Plympton-Wyoming News

Kole Chapman won the senior boys’ 110-metre hurdles race at a high school track and field event at St. Patrick’s this week.  The LCCVI sprinter broke the tape in 14.82 seconds, nearly three seconds ahead of his nearest competitor. Meantime, Arie Roelands of North Lambton and Mooretown’s Camryn Leitch won field events. Roelands captured the novice boys high jump with

Heather Wright/The Independent Sarnia-Lambton-Bkejwanong MP Marilyn Gladu is praising the Liberal plan to put more money into tradestraining. The Carney government released its fiscal forecast Tuesday with officials say there will be a $66.9 billion budget deficit instead of the projected $78.3 billion. The reduction comes from higher than projected revenue and cost cutting on the government operations. Gladu notes

The Independent Lambton OPP are looking for two people after a Wyoming business was broken into. Police say two people entered the Front Street business between 4 and 5:30 am April 24. The owners are not sure yet if anything was taken. A security camera picked up the pair. Police are looking for a white man with dark hair and

Heather Wright/The Independent Sarnia-Lambton-Bkejwanong MP Marilyn Gladu is keeping a lower profile after facing death threats and vandalism since becoming a member of the Liberal government. The long-time Conservative MP was welcomed into the Liberal fold April 8. While the Carney government had been wooing MPs, hoping to secure a majority government at the time, virtually no one expected Gladu,

Heather Wright/The Independent Lambton County spent $1.14 million more than expected for winter maintenance in 2025. That’s 50 per cent more than officials budgeted. The cost over run was not a surprise. The county’s general manager of infrastructure and development said in February the $2.4 million snow budget was over by at least a million. Staff, in a report to

The Independent The man wanted in the murder of Dane Nisbet has been arrested in London. The 20-year-old Sarnia man was with two friends at the Lambton College pub – The Lion’s Den – April 10 when shots were fired around 1 am. Nisbet and his two teammates from the Mooretown Flags, were hit and Nisbet died of his injuries.

The Independent Members of the St. Clair Region Conservation Authority board will have one big task to complete before it merges into a new regional authority – building a budget. And it has to be done by June. General Manager Ken Phillips told board members April 16 the province is now directing the 37 conservation authorities to prepare one last

Cathy Dobson/Local Journalism Initiative Sarnia-Lambton Crime Stoppers is offering the largest reward in its history for information leading to the arrest of a suspect in the April 10 murder of Sarnian Dane Nisbet. “In my 10 years as president of Crime Stoppers, this is the biggest reward we’ve ever offered,” said Sean Robbins during a press conference at police headquarters

Heather Wright/The Independent It will be 2027 before the Ontario Land Tribunal will hear the Wanstead truck washing station case. And that’s frustrating the neighbours who have been fighting to stop a developer who has already built part of the project which will bring livestock trailers to the village to be washed, including those involved in Avian Flu decontamination projects.

Heather Wright/The Independent Patients are still waiting too long to get into Bluewater Health when they arrive by ambulance. That’s according to Stephen Turner, chief of emergency medical services in Lambton. In a report to council, Turner says paramedics answered 21,361 calls in 2025, a six per cent increase over 2024. “Off load delay times have continued to remain high

Blake Ellis/The Independent Lambton Kent District School Board’s Associate Director Brian McKay says as of the end of February, the board has spend $1 million more than planned for supply teachers. McKay presented a financial update to trustees at its April 14 meeting. Expenditures during the second quarter, a period between Dec. 1 and Feb. 28, and $2.2 million was

Heather Wright/The Independent Plympton-Wyoming Mayor Gary Atkinson is hopeful a buyer will be found for New Life Mills in the heart of Wyoming. The large silos of the mill owned by Canadian agricultural giant Parrish & Heimbecker, have towered over the rail line for decades.  New Life Mills dates back to 1964 and specializes in milling feed for livestock. In