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Another emotional plea from the family of a missing Belleville man. The children of 66 year old Calvin Vanness... who went missing a year ago today... asked the public for more information during a pr...

A 19 year old Belleville man faces charges after a store clerk was assaulted with jars of cheese sause and salsa last weekend. Investigating officers say the man was attempting to steal the items and ...

It was a dangerous commute to Belleville. City Police say a truck driver called them, at 10 last night, to report a man was waving in his rear-view mirror from between his cab and trailer. He jumped o...

A soldier who fell through the ice of a lake in Algonquin Provincial Park has been rescued by search and rescue personnel from C-F-B Trenton. An official at the Eight Wing Joint Rescue Coordination Ce...

Belleville Police were kept busy with drinking drivers overnight. An officer attempted to stop a vehicle on North Front Street, at 1am, for speeding and the driver pulled into a drive thru the wrong w...

C-N Rail has filed suit against Shawn Brant and two other aboriginal activists for disrupting train traffic during a series of blockades in 2007. C-N alleges the blockades intimidated employees, dislo...

The Kawartha-Pine Ridge School Board will have to start looking for a new Director of Education. Sylvia Terpstra's letter of retirement, effective next September, was accepted at last night's board me...

Quinte Real Estate Agents aren't too pleased with the budget. The Ontario Real Estate Association warns that the plan to harmonize the sales tax will add more than $2,000 to the cost of buying a resal...

Hastings County residents will see a slight tax increase this year. Council passed a budget Thursday, which puts the residential rate a 3.5 per cent for 2009 -- up from 3.3 per cent last year. Chief A...

Hastings County hopes to put a dent in its affordable housing waiting list. The county has put out requests for proposal for groups that can build 56 units. Social service director Eric Fry said the p...