August 29, 2023

August 29th is the 241st day of the year. There are 124 days remaining until the end of the year.

The Chatham-Kent Public Library hosts Movies @ Your Library every Tuesday at the Chatham branch.

Book your spot today to see Sound of Metal. Movies start at 2pm.

According to Earthquake Canada, a 4.3 magnitude earthquake with an epicentre northeast of Cleveland, Ohio, was felt in St. Thomas around 10:45p.m. on Sunday.

Some accounts online are saying they felt it in London and east C-K. Did you? Send us a text.

Thursday is Trivia Night at Sons of Kent in support of Rise House International.

Cost is $20 per person at the door. Trivia begins at 7pm with some awesome prizes to be won.

Heads up, most months the Chatham-Kent Film Group screens independent films the first Monday of the month. That won’t be the case in September, since the first Monday falls on Labour Day.

The September movie will be Alice Darling at Chatham Galaxy Cinemas on Monday, September 11th.

A massive alligator captured in Mississippi has set a new state record.

A 14 feet, 3 inches weighing 802.5 pounds with a belly girth of 66 inches was pulled in on Saturday, according to the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks. The gator was captured on the second day of Mississippi’s hunting season.

It took the group seven hours to land the alligator onto their boat.

Alligator hunting season in public waters is from August 25 to September 4 in Mississippi.

Categorised in: 5 Things You Need To Know

This post was written by Chris McLeod