Willows News

Last week's expulsion of a Willows High School junior for storing a pair of unloaded shotguns in his truck off-campus has sparked nationwide interest.

Carlton Farnsworth Hammond, 56, a pastor at Willows Baptist Church, has been arrested on a warrant alleging lewd or lascivious acts with a child 14 or 15 years of age.

The Willows Unified School District board of trustees has expelled a 16-year-old for having unloaded shotguns in his pickup parked just off the Willows High School campus.

A house fire in Corning demolished a mobile home on McLane Ave. around 10 p.m. Friday, Nov.

An Orland-area resident will be sentenced Friday for sexually assaulting a girl younger than 14 during a two-year period.

Kathryn A. Berg of Sacramento, Calif., and Norman A. Chandler III of Jacksonville will exchange wedding vows at 6 p.m. Dec.

A man visiting Willows from Peoria, Ariz., was arrested early Friday morning on suspicion of public intoxication after he was spotted naked and urinating in the lobby of a Holiday Inn Express.

Beginning Monday, November 16, Christmas tree permits will be available from the Mendocino National Forest for the 2009 holiday season.

THIS PAST SUNDAY, the Willows Theatre Company closed its sparkling Neil Simon comedy "Barefoot in the Park," and with it, the group's 30-plus years at the Willows Theatre in Concord.

Last month was a landmark month for Alice Ackerman. Oct. 24 she was inducted into the Eagles Hall of Fame during ceremonies at the organization's headquarters in Bakersfield.

A Paradise man was killed Wednesday afternoon when a van driven by a woman suspected of being under the influence of prescription medications rear-ended his vehicle on Highway 162, east of Willows.

Three people inside a suspect car and a California Highway Patrol officer escaped injury about 2:20 p.m. when they tangled during a high-speed pursuit.

One teenage boy wasA hurtanother arrested after a fight near the Willows High School gym Wednesday.

School Superintendent Steve Olmos ordered members of the Glenn County Office of Education board to leave two Willows school campuses during Monday morning visits, according to a police report.

Nearly one-fifth of children in California attend after-school programs where they can get homework help and hang out with their friends playing games or participating in enrichment activities.

So where's the swine-flu vaccine? It's trickling in slowly, says the state Department of Public Health.

Most high school students don't know who Sonny Turner is. Somewhere in the back of their minds, they may recognize songs like "The Great Pretender" and "Only You" and dozens of others released by The Platters when rock 'n' roll and Motown were on the rise in the 1950s and 1960s.

Joshua Sebold Staff Writer Plumas County District Attorney Jeff Cunan recently confirmed that he was not pursuing the death penalty in the Reyes Carrillo-Garcia trial.

WILLOWS A Fire restrictions on the Mendocino National Forest were lifted Wednesday as a result of rain and lower temperatures in the area.

Wednesday morning dawned soggy and blustery in Butte County, but as skies cleared somewhat and the wind diminished, crews made serious progress on restoring order after Tuesday's big storm.