Local News

NEWS RELEASES SAULT STE. MARIE POLICE SERVICE ************************* Male arrested for impaired driving SAULT STE. MARIE - (June 16) - On Saturday, June 14 at approximately 10:40 p.m.

SooToday.com received the following notice from the Arthur Funeral Home & Cremation Centre concerning visitation for the late Harry Wolfe. Wolfe was well-known to fans of local radio for his 'Open Mike' daily radio show on CKCY.

Edmonton media continue to cover the weekend death of Sault Ste. Marie's Corporal Scott Roberts in a head-on motorcycle crash. Global Television is reporting that a roadside memorial has been set up at the site of the collision.

OPP NEWS RELEASES ************************* More bear sightings FENWICK TOWNSHIP, ON - (June 16) - A bear was spotted in the yard of a residence on Old Highway 17 late Friday morning near Mountain View School.

EAST FIRE REGION SITUATION UPDATE MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES ************************* No new fires There are currently no active forest fires in the East Fire Region.

City Police are swarming downtown Sault Ste. Marie this morning, after shots were fired in the area of Queen and Gore Streets. SooToday.

CITY POLICE NEWS RELEASES ************************* Update on armed male at Queen St and Gore St City Police have set up a command post in the area of Esposito Park on Central Park Avenue regarding a male armed with a gun.

The tragic weekend death of Sault Ste. Marie's Corporal Scott Roberts is front-page news this morning in Edmonton.

The U.S. National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for the Michigan Soo, Mackinac and other parts of Northern Michigan and the Upper Peninsula. Thunderstorms are likely with some storms severe with large hail and damaging winds.

The Edmonton Sun is reporting this afternoon that police have charged a 19-year-old man with impaired driving causing the death of Sault Ste. Marie's Scott Michael Roberts.