CKLW-AM (Windsor, ON)

Five teenagers have been arrested for assault in Chatham Kent. On Monday morning at approximately 1:45 a.m., police responded to a disturbance on King Street in Chatham. The report of the disturbance stated approximately eight youths were in a physical altercation on the corner of King Street and Wellington Street. Bystanders attempted to step in but were then assaulted by the youths.

The City of Windsor is expediting work on an interchange at Banwell Road and the E.C. Row Expressway now that provincial funding has been announced. Ontario Premier Doug Ford, Minister of Transportation Prabmeet Sarkaria, and Minister of Finance Peter Bethlenfalvy were in Essex Monday to announce $50-million for the project.

Amherstburg residents can expect to hear large blasts and feel some movement throughout the Town today. Walker Aggregates will be conducting a blast at the Amherstburg Quarry, located at 667 Simcoe Street, between the hours of 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Residents in the area may hear loud noises, as well as may experience some rumbling. Walker produces high quality stone products, asphalt and ready mix concrete for construction projects across Ontario. The blast will help them find limestone for projects.

Ontario's Premier says "it shouldn't be too much longer" as the reviews of supervised consumption and treatment sites takes place. Doug Ford was in Essex on Monday for a funding announcement to build an interchange at E.C. Row and Banwell, but was asked during media questions about the progress of the ongoing review. Ford says out of the 21 sites, there are only four more locations that need to go through the review.

The legendary Paul Anka will take the Colosseum stage on the Seven Decades Tour this May. With well over 900 songs to his credit, a few of the most memorable are "Put Your Head On My Shoulder," "My Way," and the longest-running theme song on television from The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. Anka is the 21st most successful artist in Billboard's history and is the only artist to have a song on the Billboard Top 100 during seven consecutive decades.

It takes about 10 minutes for Danielle Wilkie's children to walk between home and school — but their mother insists the school provide them with a courtesy bus. For Wilkie, seeing her children walk to school is not an option because of dangerous drivers along Wyandotte Street. "Between all the accidents that have happened on Wyandotte Street and how busy it is...Wyandotte is just a terrible street," she said.

Four years ago, the lives of people around the world changed when a global pandemic was declared by the World Health Organization. And while the COVID-19 pandemic is officially over today, the effects are still with us. Looking back at that time in the early days of the pandemic, even people who were ready and preparing for the onslaught of patients couldn’t believe what was happening. “You're thinking, ‘Is that real? Are we living through this?

The Windsor Police Collision Reconstruction Unit is investigating a vehicle collision in which a pedestrian suffered serious injuries. On March 11, 2024, shortly after 8 a.m., officers were dispatched to the 11500 block of McNorton Street for a report of a motor vehicle collision. Through investigation, officers learned that a vehicle travelling eastbound on McNorton struck a pedestrian. The 87-year-old pedestrian was taken to hospital with serious injuries.

Work to finish the final phase of expanding Highway 3 between Essex and Leamington is now underway. Premier Doug Ford was in Essex Monday to highlight the next phase of the work to expand the highway to four lanes from two lanes along a 15.6 kilometre stretch between the two towns.

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden has issued a budget proposal for a second term aimed at getting voters' attention with tax breaks for families, lower health care costs, smaller deficits and higher taxes on the wealthy and corporations. The proposal for fiscal 2025 is unlikely to pass the House and the Senate and become law. It's an election year blueprint sketching what the future could hold. If it became law, deficits could be pruned $3 trillion over a decade.