News Staff FedEx is shutting down its Port Huron Township Ship Center on September 28th. The company didn’t specify the reasons, but employees will be offered transfers to nearby locations. Residents in Port Huron and surrounding areas will now have their packages handled by FedEx’s Flint office, about 70 miles away. Despite the closure, shipping services remain … Read more
Instagram is introducing new safety measures for teens, automatically placing current and future teen users into a Teen Account. This feature limits who can contact them, filters offensive content, and encourages app breaks after an hour of use. Sleep Mode is also enabled by default to mute notifications at night. Parents now have more control … Read more
Donald Rivard, a 44-year-old from Sarnia, is set to begin a four-year prison sentence for fentanyl trafficking. He was one of nine arrested last fall during police raids in Lambton and Middlesex counties. Rivard expressed frustration in court, stating his co-accused had their charges dropped after he pleaded guilty. Rivard was arrested with fentanyl, meth, … Read more
Kevin Totty Sr. was honored by a large crowd at his funeral in Kimball Township on Wednesday. The Grace Memorial Life Celebration Center overflowed with people, with guests filling every seat and standing room, even spilling outside. An overflow room was set up but quickly filled as well. Totty, 64, passed away after battling cancer … Read more
A jury in St. Clair County has cleared Justin Simon of causing a Port Huron teacher’s death in a drunk driving crash but found him guilty of operating a vehicle while intoxicated, leading to serious injury. Simon admitted to causing the October accident, which left Ashley Nisbett hospitalized. His lawyer argued the hospital played a … Read more
In rural Lambton County, two Windsor seniors who had recently celebrated their 57th wedding anniversary were killed in a tragic crash. Omer and Marilyn Hageniers were involved in a collision with a tractor-trailer at Inwood Road and Courtright Line last week. Omer, 79, and Marilyn, 77, had dedicated their lives to their family and community—Omer … Read more
The Sanilac County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help following a vandalism incident at Ben’s Great Outdoors in Marlette Township on Saturday, around 10:20 PM. The office is looking for information on a blue pickup truck that was seen at the scene. If anyone has details about the truck or its owner, they are … Read more
In the Sarnia area, a couple has been charged twice in just two months following drug busts near Arkona. On September 6, police seized about $8,500 worth of suspected fentanyl and methamphetamine from a vehicle on Arkona Road, arresting Jacob Kaczanowski, 36, and Jamie Millier, 34, from Kettle and Stony Point First Nation. Both face … Read more
In Burtchville Township, Lisa Tramski, 57, was sentenced to one year of probation for embezzling money from a woman she once cared for. St. Clair County Judge Daniel Damman gave Tramski a lighter sentence because she repaid the stolen funds and had no prior criminal record. Tramski had been a guardian for Pauline Runyon, who … Read more
A resurfacing project began Monday on Wadhams Road in southern St. Clair County, closing the road between Puttygut and Fred Moore Highway for two weeks. The $610,000 project, managed by Ace Saginaw Paving, involves tearing up the current road surface, laying fresh asphalt, and grading the shoulders for better drainage. Local traffic, including homes and … Read more