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Windsor Weekend in Pictures: June 14-15, 2014
The Windsor Star’s reporters and photographers covered the city and county this weekend. Check out the gallery. Terry Kennedy joins other volunteers as they clean the shoreline on Sandwich in Windsor...
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Man severely burned after grass fire
A man was rushed to hospital with severe burns early Sunday night following a grass fire. Police, paramedics and the fire department responded to 733 Lakeshore Rd 115, south of County Road 42 for an...
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Three-vehicle collision sends one to hospital
One person was taken to hospital after emergency crews responded to a multi-vehicle crash Sunday afternoon. At least three ambulances arrived at the scene after a minivan towing a trailer rolled over...
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OPP offers tips preventing break and enters
Are your doors locked? Hedges trimmed? Grass cut? If not, Essex County OPP are warning that you may be susceptible to a break and enter. The OPP are offering locals home security tips to protect their...
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Essex woman arrested for drunk driving
A 48-year-old woman is facing drunk driving charges after a hit-and-run collision in Essex Sunday evening. Ontario Provincial Police said they responded to a crash around 5:20 p.m. on Talbot Street...
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Windsor in Pictures: June 16, 2014
The Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county yesterday. Check out the gallery. Tony Azar, centre, and his wife, Theresa Azar, receive congratulations from Msgr. Elie...
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D-Day Spitfire to honour Essex fighter ace
ESSEX — One of this town’s Second World War fighter heroes, Jerry Billing, will soon be honoured with a high-flying tribute in a park next to the local Legion hall. “It’s great news — she’s going to be...
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Severe thunderstorm watch, heat warning issued for region
Environment Canada has issued a heat warning and severe thunderstorm watch for Windsor and Essex County. The national weather agency says conditions are favourable for “the development of dangerous...
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What’s Happening in Windsor and Essex County on June 17, 2014
1) A special weather statement is in effect for Windsor and Essex County, with Environment Canada warning of wicked showers and thunderstorms. It was hot and humid Tuesday morning and the humidex was...
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Windsor in Pictures: June 17, 2014
The Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county yesterday. Check out the gallery. Dave Heino uses a fishing rod trying to recover a set of keys to his Chrysler minivan in the...
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Public board approves record budget worth $405.6 million
The Greater Essex County District School Board passed the largest operating budget in its history Tuesday when trustees unanimously approved the document containing just over $405.6 million in...
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Enwin crews busy, Windsor still under severe thunderstorm watch
This morning’s thunderstorm kept Enwin crews busy. By about 9:30 a.m. crews had restored power to about 1,900 customers in the largest power outage Wednesday morning that was caused by a fallen tree...
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UPDATED: Parkway worker believed to have been crushed during concrete pour
The Herb Gray Parkway worker who died in a construction accident Tuesday was crushed by a massive steel form, according to sources close to the project. The 40-year-old worker, who was employed by PCR...
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Tecumseh OPP seek tips about electric guitars stolen in break-in spree
Tecumseh OPP are hoping the public can help identify the culprits and locate the goods stolen in a string of break-ins last month. Among the items taken were two distinctive electric guitars. One was a...
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Lightning causes field house blaze in Tecumseh
Firefighters extinguished a blaze caused by a lightning strike on North Talbot Road late Wednesday morning. Tecumseh Fire responded to the Ciociaro Club at 3645 North Talbot Rd. for a structure fire...
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Wicked spring storm slams Windsor and Essex County
The sky turned grey and then a shade of green as a wicked summer storm rolled through Windsor and Essex County Wednesday afternoon. More nasty weather is in the forecast. The storm came on the heels of...
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Windsor in Pictures: June 18, 2014
The Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county yesterday. Check out the gallery. Ontario Summer Games general manager Michael Chantler speaks during a call for volunteers...
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Funeral Monday for worker killed in Herb Gray Parkway accident
Visitations take place over the weekend, and a funeral for Giuseppe Serra, who died on the job in a construction accident on the Herb Gray Parkway, has been set for Monday. “He was a wonderful man, a...
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Officials not amused by pig prank at county high school
School officials are investigating how a pot-bellied pig ended up at Belle River High School Wednesday in what seems to be an end of school year prank. “If this was a prank we think it was a bad one,”...
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What’s Happening in Windsor and Essex County on June 19, 2014
1) Bill Marra is holding a press conference at 9:30 this morning to announce he is not running for Mayor but will seek reelection as a councillor in Ward 8. The former Mayoral candiate confirmed his...
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