http://www.cjcsradio.com/news/index.php Stratford and Area News from CJCS Radio en http://www.cjcsradio.com/news/newsitem.php?id=6061 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:41:28 GMT Fines against three racetracks in the province have been reduced by the Ontario Racing Commission. The fines against horse racing and gaming venues in Woodstock, Windsor and Dresden were levied in July 2007. The commission was dissatisfied with a business plan filed by the owners of the three tracks and levied a fine of 75-thousand. The commission has now lowered the fines to three-thousand dollars per track after each submitted acceptable plans. http://www.cjcsradio.com/news/newsitem.php?id=6060 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:16:25 GMT Huron O.P.P. continue their search for two missing teenage girls. The two left a Huron Park foster home July 10th. Police say since then there have been several sightings of 14-year old Kristy Baillie and 13-year old Vangi Dojosefska in Port Burwell and Tillsonburg. The two girls are both about five feet tall, with thin builds. Kristy has green eyes, while Vangi has brown. They both have long hair, but are known to change hair colour frequently. Anyone seeing the girls is asked to contact Ontario Provincial Police. http://www.cjcsradio.com/news/newsitem.php?id=6059 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:12:45 GMT Oxford O-P-P are looking for witnesses after an officer and two others were injured on the 401 yesterday. They'd like to talk with anyone who saw a driver slam into a police cruiser near Culloden Road. An O-P-P sergeant was sitting in the cruiser after attending to a car that had gone into the ditch when a van slammed into the back of it during a rain storm. The three drivers were taken to hospital with minor injuries. http://www.cjcsradio.com/news/newsitem.php?id=6058 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:09:59 GMT Motorists across Stratford, Perth county and the rest of Canada are getting a pleasant surprise this morning at the pumps. The price of gasoline is down in many centres in the country - about a penny in this area - but as much as 10 cents a litre in New Brunswick. The drop comes on the heels of yesterday's four-dollar plunge in oil prices. http://www.cjcsradio.com/news/newsitem.php?id=6057 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:08:36 GMT A 44-year old Kitchener man accused of using his teenaged children to try to kill his estranged wife has been committed to stand trial. The decision followed evidence from just four witnesses at a preliminary hearing on charges of attempted murder and conspiracy to commit murder. Evidence at the two-day hearing can't be published because of a court order. Also charged are the man's two sons who were 14 and 16-years old at the time of an alleged plot to drown their mother in the bathtub at the family home. http://www.cjcsradio.com/news/newsitem.php?id=6056 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:07:46 GMT A Guelph woman accused of burning down her home with her teenage son inside is free on bail. Forty-two-year old Janet Philp was released under strict conditions Wednesday. She is charged with attempted murder and arson with disregard for human life in a fire at the family home July 15th. A publication ban was imposed on the allegations read inside the courtroom. http://www.cjcsradio.com/news/newsitem.php?id=6055 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:50:26 GMT Rescue crews searched late Wednesday night for a 17-year-old Stratford male who went missing while swimming in Lake Huron. Provincial police were called around 5 p.m. to a beach in Grand Bend after the youth disappeared. The search included the length of the beach, with police and emergency workers looking for the youth. The U.S. Coast Guard also dispatched a helicopter to help look. Police planned to search the beach overnight and were expecting a helicopter and divers to arrive this morning to continue the search. http://www.cjcsradio.com/news/newsitem.php?id=6052 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:50:04 GMT Huron O.P.P. are searching for two missing teenage girls, who left a foster home, earlier this month. Police say on July 10th, 14-year old Kristy Baillie and 13-year old Vangi Dojosefska left the home in Huron Park. Several sightings of the two have been reported to police in Port Burwell and Tillsonburg. The two girls are both about five feet tall, with thin builds. Kristy has green eyes, while Vangi has brown. They both have long hair, but are known to change hair colour frequently. Anyone observing these girls is asked to contact Ontario Provincial Police. http://www.cjcsradio.com/news/newsitem.php?id=6051 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:49:05 GMT Three people were taken to hospital, including an O.P.P. officer, following a crash on Highway 401 near Ingersoll at noon hour. Police say the officer's cruiser was hit from behind. It was parked on the shoulder while the officer helped a driver that had driven his truck into the ditch. All three drivers were taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The westbound lanes of the highway in the Culloden Road area were closed for 3 hours but have since been re-opened. http://www.cjcsradio.com/news/newsitem.php?id=6048 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:51:09 GMT London Police now have possession of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club clubhouse in London. The house, at 14 Swinyard Street in the Forest City, belongs to a full patch member of the London chapter of the Hells Angels. Police took possession of the building today to enforce a court order obtained by the Ministry of the Attorney General last year. The action is to help preserve, secure and restrict entry into the clubhouse. The matter will be dealt with in a Toronto court August 1.