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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

Blake Ellis/The Independent Ron Van Horne is coming out of retirement. The former Chief Administrative Officer of Lambton County who retired in February 2023 is taking on the acting CAO reigns at Warwick Township. Warwick Township council approved the appointment at its July 8 meeting. “Ron is no stranger to the people of Lambton County,” said Warwick Township Mayor Todd

The Independent Central Lambton municipalities are gearing up to celebrate Canada’s birthday. But the prospect of rain has organizers watching the skies. The Town of Petrolia has a host of events planned starting early – 7 am – in Bridgeview Park with a Kids Fishing Derby until 10. The Petrolia Legion is hosting a breakfast from 9:30 to 11:30 am.Town

Early Canada Day celebrations in both Plympton-Wyoming and Warwick are being changed because of a rainy forecast. Plympton-Wyoming’s Special Events Committee “made the difficult decision” to cancel the events scheduled for Wyoming Saturday. “All of our event activities and performances are outdoors and aren’t possible with the current forecast,” officials said online. Plympton-Wyoming had planned a parade and activities at

The East Lambton Eagles U13 team wore their red hats during a traditional fire truck victory parade through Warwick after winning the OMHA Tier 2 championship Sunday. The Eagles scored three times in a little more than four minutes in the third period to erase a 1-0 deficit and beat the Wallaceburg Lakers, 3-2 in the title game in Halton

Heather Wright/The Independent Lambton County municipalities, including Warwick Township, are backing Enbridge Gas in its fight against an Ontario Energy Board decision which slows the company’s plan to expand to rural areas. In December, the OEB questioned the wisdom of the idea, turning down some of the company’s expansion requests, saying natural gas could be a casualty of the ongoing

Warwick’s fire chief says it is unlikely the cause of an $8 million chicken barn fire will ever be found. Sunday afternoon, Warwick firefighters were called to the 8400 block of Egremont Road near Arkona Road after neighbours spotted thick black smoke coming from an large barn on the property. Chief Brad Goodhill says about 45 firefighters from Watford, Adelaide-Metcalfe

Lasalle Agri wants to store its biosolid fertilizer across from Watford’s cemetery.The move came to light as the company filed a complaint against Warwick to the Normal Farm Practices Protection Board earlier this spring. It’s one of three appeals the company has filed. Both Brooke-Alvinston and Dawn-Euphemia, who have tried to stop the company from piling the often pungent fertilizer