Duo charged after store-theft suspects try to run from London police

London Free Press
A London man and woman are both charged after city police say they arrested a pair of suspects who tried to run from officers investigating a theft at an east-end business.
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Rookie police officer resigns prior to pleading guilty to impaired driving

London Free Press
A rookie St. Thomas police officer resigned from the force prior to pleading guilty to impaired driving on Thursday, a police spokesperson says.
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Rural residents fight to save late neighbour’s home amid redevelopment plan

London Free Press
Dutton Dunwich residents are concerned that a beloved old home’s new owner may demolish it to develop a 16-unit apartment complex there
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Criminal charges after man struck in head with tire iron: Police

London Free Press
An Aylmer resident is facing an assault charge after police say a man was struck in the head with a tire iron.
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St. Thomas tiny homes project gets $2.4M boost

London Free Press
Queen’s Park and Ottawa are teaming up to provide $2.4 million to help build 40 tiny, affordable homes in St. Thomas.
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OPP seek driver after rollover crash that flattened vehicle

London Free Press
Romayne Smith Fullerton was walking her dog with a friend in a wildlife preserve southwest of St. Thomas Tuesday morning when she heard an “enormous thump.”
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Insurance deal saves high school swim team’s season: ‘Thankful’

London Free Press
An Elgin County high school’s swim team will be motoring ahead after an insurance dispute between the province and the region’s largest school board threatened to cancel the season. The swim team at East Elgin secondary school in Aylmer will be back in the water in the coming weeks after
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Elgin County to receive nearly $1M for team-based primary health care

London Free Press
Elgin County will receive nearly $1-million from the provincial government to expand team-based health care in the region.
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In one area community, a novel solution to fill empty space at school

London Free Press
Despite skyrocketing enrolment at some schools in the London area, one in a Lake Erie village has so few pupils – now 105 – a plan is in place to keep its Grade 6 kids for two more years to help offset falling enrolment. Read More
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OPP confirm identities of man, woman found dead in rural home

London Free Press
The OPP confirmed the identities of two people whose bodies were found last week in a rural home in Elgin County but didn't shed any light on how investigators believe the man and woman who had been dating died. Read More
Elgin County, Elgin OPP

25 years on, police seek public's help solving brutal slaying of farmer, wife

London Free Press
Investigators are marking the 25th anniversary of the unsolved double homicide of a dairy farmer and his wife near St. Thomas by appealing anew for anyone with information to come forward. Read More
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Port Burwell beachfront townhouse condos a go despite rejection by local council

London Free Press
Whether residents of Port Burwell are for or against it, including local politicians, plans for beachfront townhouse condos have been given the go-ahead by a provincial development watchdog. Read More
Elgin County, Ontario Land Tribunal, Port Burwell
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