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Transport truck driver ticketed for wrong-way mishap on Highway 401
A 22-year-old Philadelphia man was issued a ticket early Tuesday morning for driving the wrong way down Highway 401 in Tecumseh. Police say a man driving a tractor-trailer was travelling eastbound in...
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Windsor in Pictures: March 3, 2015
The Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county Tuesday. Check out the gallery. A fire truck extends its aerial ladder at a house fire on Marlborough Street West in...
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Essex town council calls for education funding changes with school closures...
After witnessing the heated passion on display at Monday’s meeting on the future of four Essex County high schools and an elementary school, Essex town council is urging the province to review its...
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County Road 27 in Lakeshore open again after tractor-trailer rollover
Provincial police have reopened Country 27 in Lakeshore after a tractor-trailer rollover that sent one man to hospital. The crash happened Tuesday night on County Road 27 between Highway 401 and County...
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‘Serendipitous’ funding announcement helps palliative patients die at home
A local doctor whose team of doctors and nurses has not been paid in two years for after-hours care to people dying at home, is happy but frustrated over the “serendipitous” news that the money will...
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Shores of Erie wine festival and Sobeys charged in connection with fatal...
Several members of Sobeys grocery store and the wildly popular wine festival in Amherstburg have been charged following the death of an 18-year-old girl in an alcohol-related car crash. Amherstburg...
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Those challenging teenaged years, it’s all in their heads
For many parents, the biggest question may well be: How do I understand my teenager? Dr. Jean Clinton says explaining teenaged behaviour isn’t nearly as philosophically deep as searching for the...
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Colder than normal spring outlook for Windsor-Essex
Don’t put away those winter clothes, folks. The first official day of spring is only a few weeks away — but weather watchers say we in Windsor-Essex shouldn’t expect it to be dramatically warmer. “It...
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Windsor in Pictures: March 4, 2015
The Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county Wednesday. Check out the gallery. Jake Sullivan (top) of Turner Fenton gets Haris Ahmed of Brantford CI in a tight spot during...
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Photos: Amherstburg 2 Essex 1
The Amherstburg Admirals beat the Essex 73’s 2-1 to tie the best of seven series Wednesday, March 4, 2015. Windsor Star photographer Nick Brancaccio was there to capture the action. Essex 73’s Tyler...
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Sutherland appeals to Essex County council on transportation
Sutherland Global Services made an appeal to Essex County Council Wednesday night to fight for better regional transit so they can hire more people from communities outside of Windsor. Lori Atkinson,...
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United Way awards most generous donors
The Windsor region’s United Way recognized some of its strongest supporters Wednesday night by giving a host of awards to businesses, unions and individuals. Dozens of donors had their names attached...
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Leamington taxi passengers busted for cocaine possession
Police have laid drug charges against two people after pulling over a taxi cab Wednesday and finding 3.3 grams of cocaine and drug paraphernalia on its passengers. Daniel Ingratta, 38, of Leamington,...
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Flu strikes with a vengeance
Stomach flu has reared its ugly head in Windsor and Essex County. Those unlucky ones who have had the virus, will tell you it’s not pleasant. “You think you are going to die, but you won’t,” said Erica...
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Essex County agriculture leads southern Ontario in generating GDP, jobs, tax...
Essex County is the agricultural powerhouse of the province, according to statistics cited in a recent report. This region tops all the other regions studied when it comes to gross domestic product,...
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Windsor in Pictures: March 5, 2015
The Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county Thursday. Check out the gallery. The land near the former Windsor Raceway along Matchette Road and Sprucewood Avenue, shown,...
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Not enough women on Windsor board of directors: advocates
More than half of the people accessing health-care services are women, but the Erie St. Clair Local Integrated Health Network has just one female voice among seven board members. Marge Holman is...
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McCrary still a gridiron guy
If the opportunity to take to the football field was presented to Paul McCrary again, he’d jump at the chance, even though the sport left him with a broken neck and confined to a wheelchair for over...
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Better busing needed for Windsor call centres looking to hire almost 800 people
Two Windsor call centres want to hire almost 800 people in the next few months but both say the region needs better public transportation to do that. HGS Canada, which is renovating the former Zellers...
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Windsor in Pictures: March 6, 2015
The Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county Friday. Check out the gallery. MPP Jeff Watson speaks at a funding announcement at WEST in Windsor on Friday, March 6, 2015....
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