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London

• Sport notes: London Lightning eye first-place finish; Jacob Julian earns honours
  A collection of news and notes from across the Southwestern Ontario sports scene London Lightning eye first place The drive for first place is still alive. But the London Lightning have to win their final four games and need the K-W Titans to drop at least one of their remaining three contests to claim the […]
• London-area victim out $9K after complex gift-card scam: Police
  Ontario Provincial Police say they're investigating after a London-area person was duped out of thousands of dollars when they were falsely told they'd fallen victim to identity theft and needed to buy gift cards to track down the fraudster.
• PHOTOS: High school girls soccer, Saunders vs Banting
  The Saunders Sabres and Banting  Broncos girls soccer teams kicked off their TVRA season at City Wide Sports Park in London on Monday. The Sabres came away with a 4-2 win. Photos by Derek Ruttan 
• London police arrest man wanted after seniors robbed in home invasion
  The fourth suspect in a brazen home invasion targeting two senior citizens has been brought back to Windsor following his arrest by London police. Nicholas McCullough, 30, was taken into custody in London before being transported back to Windsor, police reported Monday evening. McCullough, who was out on statutory release from federal prison at the […]

Mitchell

• New executive members another positive to Stingers' good year
  After a few years as director, ice scheduler and Great Lakes Ringette League association representative for Mitchell minor ringette, Tracy Nugent decided to add president to her resumé before the 2024-25 season begins. The ringette association held its annual meeting April 17, at which time Nugent moved up, replacing the semi-retiring Chris Dowson, who will […]
• EV charging stations now operational in West Perth; rate to be monitored
  West Perth will monitor its eight electric-vehicle (EV) chargers over the next six months to determine if the municipality is overcharging customers, council decided during its April 15 meeting.  Earlier this year, the municipality strategically installed the chargers at both the front and back parking lot of the municipal office on Wellington Street, and in Keterson Park […]
• West Perth ringette players return from national event
  West Perth’s Lydia Duncan rehabilitated her knee to the point where she could resume playing ringette at the highest level this 2023-24 season.   And she was rewarded with a bronze medal.  Duncan, who grew up just north of Mitchell, played defence this season for the third straight year with the Waterloo Wildfire of the […]
• Hicks descendants looking forward to Homecoming celebration
  Mitchell’s 150th Homecoming celebration this summer will be like a big family reunion.  For one family, though, they can definitively point to Mitchell’s founder, Col. John Hicks, as an ancestor.  Might as well start at the beginning, right?  Blyth resident Cindy Soares is the sixth generation of Col. Hicks, while niece Kelly Chmilar of Mount Forest […]

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