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During December's month-long Operation Overdrive traffic safety blitz, law and traffic enforcement officers in Saskatchewan checked more than 8,600 vehicles and issued more than 2,400 tickets.

The Energy City can expect more bands coming through town as the After Dark Concert Series is revamped to incorporate a late-night second side dubbed After Hours.

A question was posed on The Carlyle Observer Facebook page (www.facebook.

The Carlyle Detachment of the RCMP received 48 calls between Jan. 4 and Jan. 10. Calls began on Jan. 4 with a two vehicle collision near Arcola. Two semis were involved. Traffic was temporarily rerouted through Arcola for a short time.

Weyburn pastor Jay Mowchenko preaches while his message is translated into French by local missionary David Wright, during a visit by the Mowchenko family to Niger in late November.

Estevan Police Service (EPS) members went to the movies on Jan. 10.

Ross McMurtry:

Over the week of Jan. 7-13, the Weyburn Police Service responded to 91 calls for service. Police received a report of damage done to a building on Souris Valley grounds between Dec. 22 and Jan. 7.

The Weyburn Branch of the Saskatchewan Genealogical Society is asking the public's help with their current project for Weyburn's 100th anniversary. They are collecting pictures of Weyburn to be put on DVD, which will be made available for sale.

The string of highway accidents that has plagued the Estevan area this winter has claimed another life. A 33-year-old Medicine Hat native was killed Jan. 8 when he lost control of his pick-up truck and collided head-on with a semi.