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EF0 tornado touches down southeast of Alvinston Heather Wright/The Independent A major storm blew through Lambton Thursday dumping an estimated 15 to 75 mm of rain in the wake of its path. Around 4:20 pm Environment Canada issued a tornado warning saying a heavy band of storms would be passing through Marthaville, Wyoming and Petrolia. While there was rain, there

Trucks coming from Sarnia are expected to go down Oil Heritage Road, through six Lambton communities Heather Wright/The Independent It appears York1 has scaled back the size of its project on the outskirts of Dresden. But Lambton County will still see increased traffic, particularly on Oil Heritage Line. The Municipality of Chatham-Kent held a public meeting in Dresden Wednesday to

The Independent Lambton OPP and officers across the province want to reinforce the importance of fully stopping at regulated intersections. Rolling stops may appear to save time, police say, but it significantly increases the risk of a collision. “Every time a driver approaches a stop sign, they are making a decision that impacts not only their own safety, but the

Heather Wright/The Independent Twenty-five years ago, as Plympton Township prepared to join with the Village of Wyoming, then Mayor Pat Davidson admitted they had no idea what the future held for the new municipality. Davidson read from that speech Saturday as Plympton-Wyoming marked its 25th anniversary. “I quote; ‘We know the answers to many questions and can control them. Some,

Barry Wright/The Independent The Enniskillen Express finished in third place in a rain-shortened U17 girls’ fastball tournament in Mitchell. The Express beat teams from Goderich and Exeter but lost to the Sweaburg Storm to finish the tournament with a record of 2-1. ••• The Corunna Giants U11 girls’ fastball team won silver medals at a tournament in Chatham last weekend. 

LCCVI Athletics honoured this year’s top athletes. Students from each grade and sport were honoured during the year end banquet June 10. Here are the athletes honoured as MVP for their year. In the back row, left to right are Jonah Wagner, Jaylen Helps, Nadia Alfadili, Zander Knapp, Jamison Helps, Belle Stewart, Meagan Munro, Mya Beaudoin, Elijah Robinson and kneeling

Heather Wright/The Independent Warwick’s Birnam Orchards, Wyoming’s Scott Helps and the late Tom Lassaline of Alvinston will be inducted into the Lambton Agriculture Hall of Fame in July. The organization announced their choices to add to the hall which already contains 24 members. Lassaline was active in the beef industry in Lambton, and was one of the driving forces behind

Heather Wright/The Independent Lambton County needs 1,096 affordable and specialized housing units in the next 10 years. That from Org Code Consulting which presented a 10-year Housing Plan for the county at Wednesday’s county council meeting. “Affordability concerns are now affecting more people, with rents rising between 38 and 42 per cent since 2020 and deeply affordable housing is also

The Independent A 74-year-old has died after a tractor crashed on Churchill Line near Wyoming. Lambton OPP say around noon Thursday, police, Wyoming firefighters and paramedics were called to Churchill near Minielly Road after a tractor crashed. A 74-year-old from Warwick Township died at the scene. The road was closed for several hours for the investigation. Anyone who may have

Barry Wright/The Independent Jack Stephenson scored twice, including the game-winning goal in overtime, to lead the Point Edward Pacers to an 8-7 OLA Junior B lacrosse victory in Owen Sound last week. Stephenson, a rookie from Oil Springs, has points in nine of his last 11 games dating back a month. Meantime, Watford’s Ryan Bork registered five points in three

FROM LAMBTON PUBLIC HEALTH With the prediction of hot and humid weather expected for Wednesday, June 10through Thursday, June 11, Environment and Climate Change Canada is issuing a Heat Warning forLambton County. Heat warnings are issued when two or more consecutive days of daytime maximum temperatures areexpected to reach 31°C or warmer and nighttime minimum temperatures are expected to sit

Heather Wright/The Independent Sarnia-Lambton-Bkejwanong MP Marilyn Gladu is calling out the OPP after failing to charge a man who released her home address online. Gladu has been subject to public ridicule and harassment online, attacks at her Sarnia constituency office and threats to her staff as well as personal death threat after the long-time Conservative MP decided to join the