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Suspended driver caught speeding

Northumberland OPP have charged a person for driving while prohibited. An officer was conducting speed enforcement on Concession Road 13 on Thursday around 3:20 p.m when the officer spotted a pickup t...

Zach McGibbon Mar 7, 2025 (Photo: OPP)

Accelerated construction on Wellington trunkline project begins March 9

Accelerated construction on the Wellington trunkline project begins next week which should result in the reopening of Main Street several weeks sooner than expected. The first night crew shift on the ...

Alana Cameron Mar 7, 2025

Two arrested in Tweed drug trafficking investigation

A drug trafficking investigation in the Tweed area has resulted in two arrests. In February, Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) began an investigation into the sale of cocaine and other illegal drugs in ...

Alana Cameron Mar 7, 2025

Wanted federal offender known to frequent the Quinte region

A federal offender wanted on a Canada Wide Warrant for breaching parole is known to frequent the Belleville and Trenton area. The Repeat Offender Parole Enforcement (R.O.P.E.) Squad asking for the pub...

Alana Cameron Mar 7, 2025 Cody Butler wanted by the Repeat Offender Parole Enforcement (R.O.P.E.) Squad for breach of parole. (Photo: R.O.P.E Squad)

Local unemployment numbers down in February

The local unemployment rate fell last month. The rate for the Belleville-Quinte West Census Metropolitan Area, which includes Belleville, Quinte West, Deseronto-Tyendinaga and Stirling-Rawdon, dropped...

Alana Cameron Mar 7, 2025 GotCredit / CC

Kramp-Neuman presents the King Charles III Coronation Medal in Hastings Lennox and Addington

Hastings-Lennox and Addington MP Shelby Kramp Neuman has awarded 25 deserving individuals with King Charles III Coronation Medals. The medal program was created to honour King Charles's Coronation in ...

Alana Cameron Mar 7, 2025 2025 Hastings-Lennox and Addington King Charles III Coronation Medal Recipients. (Photo: submitted)

Registration open for CDC Quinte's 2025 Community Garden Program

The Community Development Council of Quinte (CDC Quinte) is now taking registrations for its 2025 Community Garden Program. They currently have 159 raised beds available in seven different locations i...

Alana Cameron Mar 7, 2025

National exploitation investigation, local charged

A Belleville man has been charged as part of a large online child exploitation investigation. OPP and partnering departments announced the results of Project Steel, a coordinated national operation to...

Tim Durkin Mar 7, 2025 kentoh / Depositphotos.com

Women Who Inspire honoured

The Grand banquet hall in Belleville was the scene of the annual Women Who Inspire Gala Thursday. Close to 200 people attended the event sponsored by Business and Professional Women Hastings & Pri...

John Spitters Mar 6, 2025 Part of the crowd at The Grand in Belleville celebrating Women Who Inspire as part of International Women's Day celebrations. The event was organized by Business and Professional Women Hastings & Prince Edward and the United Nations Association Quinte Branch. (Photo: Quinte News)

Sentencing submissions in Belleville stabbing case

Sentencing arguments have been heard in a case involving a fatal stabbing in Belleville. Arguments were made before Justice Bonn at the Quinte Courthouse on Thursday in the sentencing of Hayden Moreto...

Alan-Michael Steele Mar 6, 2025 The Belleville Combined Courthouse. Photo: Alan-Michael Steele, Quinte News,