The Windsor Police Service says that last Saturday (April 25) at approximately 11:30 p.m., officers responded to a reported single-vehicle crash at the intersection of South Side Road and Creek Road. Upon arrival, police say officers located a vehicle that had overturned onto its side on the front lawn of a residence on Creek Road. No occupants were found inside the vehicle or in the immediate vicinity, police add. A K9 unit was deployed to assist in locating any individuals

Mason Hillier shows his “Captain America” artwork. Student art was on exhibit and the subject of judging in a friendly art exposition last week in McGregor. École Sainte Ursule held its second annual student art exposition last Thursday evening where the artwork was displayed and parents, grandparents, guardians and students went around with clipboards scoring the entries. Jessica VandenBrink, a Grade 6/7 teacher at the French Catholic elementary school, said the event stems

Stella Maris Catholic Elementary School donated $2,000 to the Windsor-Essex chapter of Autism Ontario April 23. The funds were raised during a special spirit week, where various special themes occurred each day. The students on the autism spectrum and their educational assistants split into two groups for the photos. Stella Maris helps Autism Ontari Stella Maris helps Autism Ontario

Meghan Desjardins (left) and Cindy Lemieux from the River Bookshop were part of the Book Store Crawl that took place last weekend. The Amherstburg store joined other independent book stores for the crawl. Canadian Independent Book Store Day was April 25 and that meant open doors and lots of visitors to the regions bookstores. To celebrate, Amherstburg’s River Bookshop took part in the first ever Book Store Crawl that started Friday and wrapped up last Sunday. “A few of the st

Essex Mayor Sherry Bondy (front row, centre) and a group of volunteers gathered at the McGregor Community Centre last Saturday for a free book giveaway. Over 900 readers are estimated to have attended. Over 900 avid readers of all ages came to McGregor last Saturday morning to get stocked up on books. There were boxes and bags to carry them in, and according to organizers an estimated 10,000 volumes ranging from adult fiction and non-fiction, to, mystery, children’s, sports,

The Anderdon Public School boys basketball team went undefeated and won local and regional championships along the way. Front row (from left): Parker Reddam, Landon Pocock, Landyn Wigle, Maison Towns, Jovan Andjelkovski and Adriano Di Giovani. Middle: Cooper Lawton, Jeffrey Lamarche, Lucas Brouillette, Daniel Ilori, Liam Bratt, Carson Strangway, manager Stanley Rau. Back: coaches Stu Smith and Drew Middleton. The boys basketball team at Anderdon Public School have just comple

It was a week of mixed results for the boys and girls soccer teams at North Star High School. The Wolves boys team opened the week last Tuesday (April 21) at the Libro Centre in Amherstburg against the visiting L’Essor Aigles. It was a tough afternoon for the North Star squad, as they ended up on the short end of an 11-0 final score. L’Essor got off to a fast start and North Star was unable to gain much momentum after that and lost to the undefeated L’Essor team. “Obviously,

Braedan Gauvin pitches to home plate during April 22 boys baseball action at the Libro Centre in Amherstburg. The North Star Wolves won the game by a 17-6 final score over Lajeunesse to even their record at one win and one loss on this year’s WECSSAA season. North Star’s first two games of the WECSSAA boys baseball season have been played and the Wolves have lost one and won one. The two games, played last Monday and Wednesday at the Libro Centre in Amherstburg, saw the Wolve

Emmitt Rosati is the new head coach of the North Star Wolves football team. Former coach Joel Charron recently stepped down. The new head coach of the North Star Wolves football team was officially introduced last week. Emmitt Rosati, a former quarterback with the General Amherst Bulldogs who went on to play at the University of Windsor, is back and leads the coaching staff after former coach Joel Charron stepped down. Rosati was announced in a social media post by the Amher