Cottonwood News

A siren was quickly followed by a California Highway Patrol unit in pursuit of a dark gray or black pickup truck about 9:30 a.m. Tuesday exiting Interstate 5 to Diamond Avenue and toward South Main Street.

A 54-year-old man visiting Red Bluff from southern California turned his back for 30 minutes and had a pair of kayaks stolen from his cousin's driveway Sunday morning.

A 42-year-old Cottonwood man was arrested Sunday on McCann Road on suspicion of DUI after a motorcycle crash at 9:14 p.m. following a short pursuit by CalFire law enforcement.

Madison Alexandra Coelho received the 2013 Fitzhugh Literary Society scholarship, at the Mercy Catholic High School Commencement Ceremony, Thursday, May 30. Madison is the daughter of H.D. and Anne Coelho of Cottonwood.

A 15-year-old Los Molinos girl, Michell Woolbert, was crowned Corning Jr. Rodeo Queen at Thursday's pre-rodeo mixer.

Three separate agencies served arrest warrants for four properties in Shasta County to find thousands of marijuana plants and hundreds of pounds of processed marijuana.

The Tehama County Sheriff's Department released details involving a residential burglary that occurred Saturday as a 13-year-old Cottonwood girl hid in a closet.

Shasta Livestock Auction in Cottonwood will be holding a special bred cow and pair sale featuring the complete dispersal of the Salt Creek Ranch of Bella Vista, one of the country's best-known Romagnola herds, on Friday, May 24.

Six people, including three children were injured Tuesday afternoon in a three-car collision at 2:29 p.m. at the intersection of Bowman and Draper roads in Cottonwood.

Geneva Drinkwater-Toms, a member of the Shasta County Cattlewomen's Assn., was the guest reader at last week's Cottonwood Community Library Pre-School Storytime.