A Kincardine resident is facing multiple charges after allegedly crashing their vehicle into the ditch then fleeing the scene. Just after 11 p.m. on July 1, South Bruce OPP received a report of a motor vehicle collision on Bruce Road 6, east of Ripley. When officers arrived, they found a pickup truck in the ditch […]






A teenager from London drowned and a child was rescued by bystanders at Ipperwash beach on Monday, provincial police say. Emergency crews responded shortly after 4 p.m. to reports of swimmers in distress at the Lake Huron beach near East Parkway Drive in Lambton Shores, Lambton County OPP said Tuesday.  An 18-year-old was found unresponsive […]





London police are investigating what they called a “swarming-type assault” after two boys were followed and assaulted by a group wearing ski masks in the city's northeast end.





A Toronto resident, 49, is facing multiple charges related to a suspicious house fire in Huron-Kinloss. On April 3, around 10:16 p.m., South Bruce OPP and fire departments from Lucknow and Kincardine responded to a structure fire at a residential property on Bruce Road 86, also known as Amberley Road. Firefighters arrived to a “fully […]






A courier charged in a crash that killed a seven-year-old boy outside his south London home is allowed to drive while on bail despite police telling The Free Press they believe a ban on driving was necessary.





Provincial police closed a Southwestern Ontario beach after a swimmer went missing in Lake Erie over the weekend. Emergency crews were called Sunday shortly after 3 p.m. to Port Burwell beach for a report of two swimmers in distress, Elgin OPP said. One swimmer was pulled to safety and taken to hospital with non-life threatening […]





Police believe they caught the person responsible for the theft of electrical equipment and wiring from Graceland Festival Grounds, home of Lucknow’s Music in the Fields (LMITF). On March 16, a concerned citizen alerted LMITF organizers to the break-in of multiple storage units located at the Walter Street property, which is owned by the Lucknow […]






The driver of a school bus has been charged following a collision involving a young cyclist in Kincardine. Around 3:20 p.m. on April 25, South Bruce OPP were called after a student on a bicycle was hit by a school bus on Russell Street, according to an OPP news release. Police said the student had […]






An Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh resident is facing multiple charges after being stopped by police in Lucknow. Just before 1 a.m. on April 27, a South Bruce OPP officer stopped a vehicle travelling along Campbell Street and, through that interaction, the driver was placed under arrest and transported for further testing, according to an OPP news release. The […]