Westlock News

A Westlock-area man will spend six months behind bars and another 24 months on probation for shaking his four-month-old daughter in 2009 and causing serious injuries to the child.

After fire ripped through a strip mall in Westlock’s west end earlier this month, causing over half a million dollars in damages, business owners were faced with the decision to rebuild or cut their losses.

A big paving job being done this fall is good news for residents in the northern part of Westlock County.

Despite a few out-of-the-ordinary collisions over the Labour Day long weekend, Staff Sgt. Bryan Clayton said the weekend was quite predictable compared to other summer weekends.

One Westlock business was gutted, while two others were damaged following a Wednesday night fire.

A long-weekend ATV accident sent one adult and two children to hospital after a head-on collision north of Long Island Lake Saturday evening.

The death of Westlock resident Laura Letts Beckett and the subsequent murder charge laid against her husband Peter Beckett, as well as his ongoing court proceedings, has struck an emotional chord in this community.

Westlock RCMP arrested a local man earlier this month in connection with an armed robbery in Spruce Grove. According to an RCMP media release, at about 8:30 p.m. on Aug.

The large tire fire that burned for close to four hours in the east end of Westlock last Tuesday was started by two children who were playing with lighters, RCMP said.

The arrest and first-degree murder charge against a Westlock man has made headlines all the way on the other side of the globe.