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Carrying Place woman scratches her way to $50,000 lotto win

A great-grandmother from Carrying Place has scratched her way to a $50,000 lotto win. Faustina Burness won the prize on the OLG's Instant Bingo Doubler game recently and says employees at the store ce...

David Foot Nov 24, 2020 Faustina Burness of Carrying Place won $50,000 on the OLG's Instant Bingo Doubler game. (Photo: Submitted / OLG)

Panetta turns pro with ECHL Icemen

A Belleville hockey player is turning pro after graduating from Colgate University of the NCAA. Defenceman Jacob Panetta, who played four years with the Colgate Raiders, has signed a pro deal with the...

David Foot Nov 24, 2020 WELLINGTON, - Mar 18, 2016 - Ontario Junior Hockey League game action between Trenton Golden Hawks and Wellington Dukes . Game 1 of the semi final playoff series. at the Wellington and District Community Centre, ON.Jacob Panetta #12 of the Wellington Dukes celebrates the goal during the first period (Photo: Ed McPherson / OJHL Images)

Loyalist asking students and staff in high-risk areas to avoid campus

Loyalist College is joining some local businesses in asking people who may be travelling from areas of the province that are deemed "high risk" for COVID-19 transmission, not to come. In a letter Tues...

David Foot Nov 24, 2020 The main entrance to the Kente Building at Loyalist College in Belleville. (Photo: David Foot / Quinte News)

Weapons charges laid in Bancroft area

A 28-year-old from Bancroft has been arrested after OPP checked a vehicle parked on Pinegrove Street, in Hastings Highlands, on Saturday night. Police say officers checked the vehicle just before 10:0...

David Foot Nov 23, 2020

Seven new cases of COVID-19 in HPE, six new cases in Northumberland

Hastings Prince Edward Public Health is reporting seven new cases of COVID-19 Monday. All seven of the new cases were confirmed between Friday and Sunday, with transmission of all of those cases being...

David Foot Nov 23, 2020

Tyendinaga Township Reeve backs Health Unit's call to limit travel

The Reeve of Tyendinaga Township is backing the local medical officer of health's call to limit unnecessry travel. Reeve Rick Phillips says he and council support Dr. Piotr Oglaza's statement last wee...

David Foot Nov 23, 2020 Tyendinaga Township Reeve and Hastings County Warden Rick Phillips speaks at a funding announcement on July 29, 2019. (Photo: David Foot / Quinte News)

Guilty plea and adjourned sentencing in Belleville child pornography cases

A Belleville man has pleaded guilty to accessing child pornography, in connection to a Belleville Police Service investigation that dates back 2018, while another person arrested in that investigation...

David Foot Nov 19, 2020 Outside the rear of the Quinte Consolidated Courthouse. (Photo: David Foot / Quinte News)

Another small spike in COVID-19 cases locally

Hastings-Prince Edward Public Health is reporting another five new COVID-19 cases from over the weekend. According to the HPE Public Health Dashboard, three more cases were found on Friday and two mor...

David Foot Nov 16, 2020

Mike Callaghan promoted, becomes Belleville's new police chief

The Belleville Police Services Board has removed the interim tag from Mike Callaghan's position, officially naming him the new chief of the Belleville Police Service. The former deputy chief has been ...

David Foot Nov 13, 2020 Belleville Police Service Deputy Chief Mike Callaghan speaks at the introduction of the police force's new K-9 Officer Bax, on September 8, 2020. (Photo: David Foot / Quinte News)

UPDATE: Driver seriously injured in Scuttlehole Road crash, roadway REOPENED

Belleville Police say Scuttlehole Road has been reopened. Police had the area closed at Shannon Road following a collision early this morning. There is no update on the 19-year-old Plainfield resident...

David Foot Nov 13, 2020