A 39-year-old Redding parolee was arrested today on suspicion of child abuse and drug charges after he crashed his car and allegedly drove off with his 2-year-old daughter inside.

Obama tries to attack the church and all the faithful by mandating that Catholic Hospitals offer health care including contraception, abortion, and sterilization. This is a direct slap in the face and

A Tehama County drug taskforce arrested three people last week during a warrant sweep.

Police say a Friday morning drug deal gone bad led to the arrest of a 29-year-old Redding man, who at one point was being chased on foot by a pickup and a man trying to hit him with a shovel.

Trinity County narcotics deputies arrested a man Friday after finding more than 40 pounds of marijuana, other drugs and a gun in a U-Haul truck during a traffic stop just outside Lewiston, according to the Trinity County Sheriff’s Office.

The subject of marijuana and its use appears almost daily in the news, including, recently, three busloads of teens on a ski trip to Nevada caught with two large kitchen size trash bags of marijuana, plus alcohol and drug paraphernalia. And a commentary in this paper last month ("Anti-marijuana hysteria never made sense

Judge Cara Beatty (left) talks about the successes of Addicted Offender Program graduates Ashley Kuhns-McCain (center), Ilena Barreau, Raymond Byrd, Donna Miller, Julie Roseann Pico and Savannah McCoey during their commencement ceremony Friday at the Shasta County Courthouse.

Medicare Part D provides insurance coverage for prescription medications. Under this program, insurance companies and other private firms contract with Medicare (Medicare pays most of the premium) to provide prescription drug benefits to Medicare beneficiaries.

Two Hyampom Volunteer Fire Department members were arrested this week in Weaverville after allegedly trying to sell 50 pounds of marijuana to an undercover agent, the Trinity County Sheriff's Office reported Friday.

A 27-year-old Redding man accused of drugging a woman's fruit smoothie so he could try to have sex with her pleaded no contest Monday to misdemeanor sexual battery and poisoning a drink, a felony.

Trinity County sheriff's deputies say they found a 3-year-old with access to drugs and dangerous items during a search of a mobile home Thursday morning.

The nation's largest drugstore chain is no longer participating in a Department of Defense benefits program, forcing many active and retired military personnel and their families in Shasta County to switch pharmacies.

Tehama County deputies made at least two drug-related arrests over the weekend, a spokesman for the sheriff’s office said today.

Seventy-six people were arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol during Shasta County’s Avoid the Six anti-DUI campaign this holiday season. The campaign started Dec. 16 and ended at midnight on Sunday. Seventy DUI arrests were made during the same period last year. Of the 76 people arreste

Dear Straight Talk: I attend high school parties but don't usually drink or use drugs. Recently a girl chugged vodka. Everyone except me was drinking so nobody thought much of it. After 10 minutes, her limbs went limp and she couldn't walk, yet she was still conscious, saying to leave her alone so she could sleep. I don't k

Air travel at Christmas has a bad reputation, with good reason. Airports are crowded. People carry too much luggage stuffed with presents. Flights are overbooked. Grumpy passengers leave their holiday spirit at home. Packing carefully can help make holiday travel, and your stay, easier. Delays happen regularly at the holida

RED BLUFF — A 23-year-old man was arrested late Saturday night after he was allegedly found with drugs and an intoxicated 17-year-old girl at a motel on Main Street.

A 23-year-old man was arrested late Saturday night after he was allegedly found with drugs and an intoxicated 17-year-old girl at a motel on Main Street.

In 1911: Santa Claus landed and left a complete line of playthings for boys and girls such as electric engines, steam engines, fly machines, velocipedes, hand cars, magic lanterns, dolls that talk, doll beds, trunks, banks, and games at Eaton's Emporium and Drug Store in Redding.

A traffic stop early this morning in Gerber led to the arrest of three men on drug-related charges, the Tehama County Sheriff’s Office reported.

If texting or talking on a cellphone while driving is as distracting as driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, why aren't people fined accordingly?

During this season that is meant to be full of joy and thanks,it is for so many children and parents a season of sadness and regret that one must weather like a bad storm. A time when some parents and children can only think of what it would be like to be with their family member that has been removed f

In the eyes of the federal government, marijuana is classified as a Schedule 1 drug and is no different than heroin, cocaine or any other hard drug. The mere mention of heroin and marijuana in the same sentence as a comparable drug makes many people, including this writer, roll their eyes. Heroin increases the likelihood [.

Changes brought on by state budget cuts are beginning to play out within Shasta County's narcotics-busting task force.

Mother Nature was not kind to Redding and Anderson businesses at Christmastime in 1968. Snow, snow, snow was everywhere, especially piled up on the rooftops. The first roof cave-in was at Thrifty Drug Store in the Village Plaza Shopping Center....

...take that, Nancy Reagan.I think I last left you with a slight headache around the brain fringes. Shortly after that, the headache monster returned and brought all his buddies with him. I guess that was Wednesday night. I hate to keep harping on this because I know there are people in terrible chronic p

A hardy amen to your editorial of Sunday! As the former "Mr. Just Say No" of Shasta County for over 10 years, I tried to help youngsters fight peer pressure to use alcohol, marijuana and other drugs. As the father of a daughter who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis at the age of 17, I did everything within my po

A Cottonwood man was arrested Friday on suspicion of possession and transportation of marijuana for sale after 27 pounds of marijuana was found in his pickup that was pulling a horse trailer during an early morning traffic stop on Interstate 5 in Red Bluff, officials with the Tehama Interagency Drug Enforcement Task Force

Many people believe that Judge Eaton's family owned the Eaton's Drug Store. They didn't. There was absolutely no connection. The first store was located on California Street in 1881. It was moved to a new store in 1903 at 1527...

A special meeting of the Shasta County Mental Health, Alcohol and Drug Advisory Board (MHADAB) will be held on Wednesday, December 7, 2011, at 4:00 pm, at the Good News Rescue Mission located at 2842 S. Market Street, Redding, CA 96001. The MHADAB functions are pursuant to the Ralph M. Brown Act (Govt. Code section [...]

Good to see some political weight behind this, which is the only way the to bring some kind of rational management of marijuana. From the L.A. Times: A pair of U.S. governors appealed to the Drug Enforcement Administration on Wednesday...

Depression can be triggered by stressful events in your life, such as the death of someone you love, a divorce, chronic illness or loss of a job. Taking certain medicines, abusing drugs or alcohol or having other illnesses can also lead to depression. Depression is not caused by personal weakness, laziness or lack of willp

Redding police officers stayed busy early Sunday morning thanks to a slew of crimes reported in downtown Redding, including a domestic violence assault, a stabbing, drug dealing and a massive brawl between a bar security team and some 50 patrons, police said.

Redding police officers stayed busy early this morning thanks to a slew of crimes reported at Johnny’s Cathouse downtown, including a domestic violence assault, a stabbing, drug dealing and a massive brawl between the bar’s security team and some 50 patrons, police said.

Flu season is here. Flu vaccine is recommended for all Shasta County residents 6 months and older. Visit your health care provider or one of the many retail locations that offer the vaccine, including drugstores and grocery stores.

A pair of 11-year-old Redding girls had to be tested for HIV, hepatitis and drug exposure Saturday after finding a garbage bag of evidence someone had taken from an unlocked Dumpster behind the Shasta County Sheriff's Office evidence locker.

A pair of 11-year-old Redding girls had to be tested for HIV, hepatitis and drug exposure Saturday after finding a garbage bag of evidence someone had taken from an unlocked dumpster behind the Shasta County Sheriff’s Office evidence locker.

Dear Straight Talk: Twenty-one months ago, my 18-year-old son jumped to his death from the 720-foot-high Forest-hill Bridge. He left for school that morning. At lunch, I got a call that he was at the bridge thinking about jumping. I raced there not believing it, but there he was. I drove up next to him. He looked at the car

Dear Straight Talk: Twenty-one months ago, my 18-year-old son jumped to his death from the 720-foot-high Forest-hill Bridge. He left for school that morning. At lunch, I got a call that he was at the bridge thinking about jumping. I raced there not believing it, but there he was. I drove up next to him. He looked at the car

Dear Straight Talk: What should I do? My son is 16 and wants to hang out with someone who is a very bad influence and I don't know how to go about preventing that. Whenever they spend time together, my son comes home edgy, irritable and out of sorts. He isolates himself from us and it takes a day or two to start acting hims

Dear Straight Talk: What should I do? My son is 16 and wants to hang out with someone who is a very bad influence and I don't know how to go about preventing that. Whenever they spend time together, my son comes home edgy, irritable and out of sorts. He isolates himself from us and it takes a day or two to start acting

Four north state drug- and gang-fighting task forces are among 34 teams that will lose state funding next year due to budget cuts, state Department of Justice officials said Wednesday.

ORLAND — A call to the Glenn County Sheriff’s Office reporting that a woman had driven into a field and was taking items out of her car led to the arrest of two Monday, and the discovery of drugs, a loaded firearm and evidence of identity theft.

With "three strikes" and the war on drugs, I find it no wonder that we're in the mess that we're in with the prison industry. These laws have been clogging up the system, and all it took was a stock market crash to really jam things up.

The Mental Health, Alcohol and Drug Advisory Board (MHADAB) is recruiting for new members. The MHADAB provides oversight of the local mental health system and alcohol and drug programs, and is composed of community members, individuals with mental illness, family members of people living with mental illness or drug and alco

Over the course of four hours, Shasta County residents turned in a total of 413 pounds of drugs at the 3rd National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day, which took place Saturday, October 29, 2011. This represents an increase of 138 pounds from the Take-Back event held in April. The Redding Police Department, Shasta County Sher

Two Montana residents landed in jail after a California Highway Patrol officer who stopped near Weed to help them with broken down car found they had outstanding warrants in their home state and were carrying drugs, fake money and weapons in their car, officers said Thursday.

Two Montana residents landed in jail after a Weed-area California Highway Patrol officer who stopped to help them with broken down car found they had outstanding warrants in their home state and were carrying drugs, fake money and weapons in their car, officers said today.

From local producer "Alan Enersto Phillips", he is a long time drug and alchohol counselor, parenting counselor and official of the "Hispanic Latino Coalition", yet, like many marginalized parents, he is losing his children; one daughter has already been abducted by the coullusive and corrupt family court and they

Have you been waiting for the chance to clean out your medicine cabinet and dispose of your expired and unused medication? Your wait is over! On Saturday, October 29th from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the Redding Police Department, Shasta County Sheriffs Office, Shasta County Health and Human Services Agency and the Drug Enforcement