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BY KEITH LACEY Donald Kocurek, who has spent most of his adult life behind bars, told a dangerous offender hearing the time has come for him to quit committing serious criminal acts and become a contributing member of society.

Greater Sudbury Police have made three arrests in the attack of a 52-year-old Sudbury man Sept. 8 near the Ramsay Lake Food Mart on Elgin St. According to Greater Sudbury Police, the man was approached by two men and one woman around midnight.

BY KEITH LACEY Even though most of her contact with Donald Kocurek consists of phone calls and letters, his girlfriend testified she believes he’ll be able to give up his life of crime if he’s allowed to start a new life with her on her southern Onta

BY KEITH LACEY While no one was hurt, the amount of damage caused when a Lorne St. bridge collapsed more than two years ago was immense, said a Ministry of Labour inspector Thursday.

As students returned to school Tuesday Sept. 5, police charged close to 30 people with traffic infractions in Greater Sudbury school zones. A school principal was even caught driving 24 km/h above the limit at 8:30 am in front of his own school.

A Greater Sudbury man has been handed down a conditional sentence involving house arrest after being convicted of assaulting a young boy 18 months ago. Paul Jebreen, 30, was sentenced late last week to a nine-month conditional sentence.

A respected forensic psychiatrists told a Sudbury courtroom Tuesday that a career criminal will almost certainly reoffend if released from prison.

A funeral service was held Saturday in Sudbury for a young mother and her son who were killed in a car crash in southern Ontario Aug. 26.

A man from Ohio was killed in a fiery collision on Hwy. 69 near Parry Sound, across from the Moose Lake Trading Post Saturday Sept. 2. Around 11:35 am, a collision involving two vehicles occurred, closing the highway for almost 15 hours.

An 18-year-old man suffered a broken femur when he was hit by a train west of the Harry Crescent crossing near Bancroft Dr. in Sudbury. According to Greater Sudbury Police, at approximately 11:10 am Aug.