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The Independent A Watford man charged after a break in at the local Legion has plead guilty to some of the charges.In April, when members of Branch 172 arrived at the Nauvoo Road building, they called police reporting a break-in. Police found someone kicked in a window and entered the building early that morning. He took four cash boxes with

Heather Wright/The Independent Officials from the ministry overseeing ServiceOntario says it has “rigorous” auditing processes, but won’t say if an internal investigation is underway to figure out how ownerships of classic cars were changed. Four people now face charges after Watford car dealer Larry Grogan went to police saying over 200 classic cars had been stolen. Police allege four people

Heather Wright/The Independent The charges are piling up in case of the theft of over 200 classic cars from a Watford dealer which caused shockwaves in the collector community. Court documents show four people face up to 13 charges each after classic cars were stolen and sold to unwitting car enthusiasts starting in 2020. In late 2023, Larry Grogan of

Watford’s Evan Van Gorp had a career high five points for the London Knights in an 8-7 win at Guelph on Sunday afternoon. Van Gorp had a goal and four assists and is now averaging a point per game this season with 8 goals and 16 points in 16 games Ex-Sting Max Namestnikov scored four times for the Storm. London

Province orders investigation into $32K conference in Hawaii Bryce says ‘bigotry’ the reason for criticism of Indigenous educators trip Heather Wright/The Independent A trustee of the Lambton-Kent District School Board says she sees “nothing wrong” with a $32,000 conference for three Indigenous educators in Hawaii. CBC News reports documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act show three educators travelled

The Lambton OPP search for a missing 71 year-old man in the Watford area is over. A social media post states the man is deceased. Police received a call Nov. 3, that the man was missing and he’d been last seen on Highway 402 near the Nauvoo Road exit around 5 am. Police closed the road in the area for

Cathy Dobson/The Independent Rebecca Blunt was suspicious of an online photo depicting a shark swimming through the streets after Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida. The Lambton County library technician said the quality of the photo was poor.  “I felt like I’d seen it before,” she said. And she was right.  The viral photo viewed by millions of people last month

Heather Wright/The Independent A Watford car dealer says there are 208 classic cars involved in an OPP investigation which stretches from Lambton to Belleville. Late last year, Larry Grogan alerted the OPP in Lambton about missing classic cars. May 14, the officers along with Central Hastings OPP’s Emergency Response Team, the OPP-led Provincial Auto Theft and Towing Team and the

Kassandra Rombouts of LCCVI carded a 78 this week and finished second in the open girls’ division at the SWOSSA high school golf championship at Willow Ridge in Blenheim. Rombouts will now represent the LKSSAA at the provincial high school championship in Windsor on Oct. 16 and 17. In team boys action, St. Pat’s, North Lambton and LCCVI finished sixth,

Heather Wright/The Independent The St. Clair Region Conservation Authority says it needs a nearly six per cent increase in funding in 2025. And that’s not sitting well with some members of the board. Ken Phillips, general manager of the conservation authority, gave the board members preliminary estimates for the 2025 document Thursday. This year, the authority is spending $11,231,089 with

Lambton Public Health is warning residents to take extra precaution against mosquito bites after officials say eastern equine encephalitis virus has been reported in a horse in Lambton County. Public health officials say like West Nile virus, EEEV is typically found in wild birds and mosquitoes, but can be spread to horses and, in rare cases, humans, through an infected

One person was seriously injured in an accident in Warwick Township. Lambton and Middlesex OPP were called to Egremont Road on the edge of Lambton County around 1 pm Tuesday along with paramedics and Warwick Township firefighters after a two vehicle crash. Police say one person was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries. Egremont between Wisbeach and Sexton Road was