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Shasta County BOS approves ROV budget request, propose Charlie Kirk-inspired proclamation, honor local civil rights legend Isaac Lowe

The third time proved to be the charm for freshly minted Shasta County Clerk/ROV Clint Curtis as the Shasta County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 to approve his whittled down budget request at Tuesday’s meeting. District 2 Supervisor Allen Long… Continue Reading →

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Final day of Tyler McCain preliminary hearing: Surveillance, trackers, and data points, to ‘needle-in-a-haystack searches’ and October arraignment

Following eight days of sometimes graphic preliminary-hearing testimony about everything from domestic violence to body decomposition, visiting Judge Thomas Bender rendered a much-anticipated decision late Tuesday afternoon regarding Tyler McCain’s next legal steps. Reading from a prepared statement, Bender upheld… Continue Reading →

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Shasta County elections, the Clint Curtis way: 1-day results, zero logic-&-accuracy tests. ‘It is what it is.’

On September 20, 2025, Clint Curtis, Shasta County’s new Registrar of Voters, held an open house to let the public see changes he has made over his predecessor, Tom Toller, and before that, Toller‘s predecessor, Cathy Darling Allen. The first… Continue Reading →

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A secondhand murder confession described in Tyler McCain’s preliminary hearing

More stunning revelations in the Nikki Saelee-McCain murder case came to light Thursday on the seventh day of husband Tyler McCain’s preliminary hearing in Shasta County Superior Court. Two people who were living on McCain’s property in Happy Valley testified… Continue Reading →

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Informant tells court he lied about Tyler McCain making confession in Nikki Saelee-McCain’s death

A confidential informant in the Nikki Saelee-McCain murder case told a detective last year that Tyler McCain admitted to killing his wife, but the informant abruptly reversed his story in court Wednesday. The informant, Frans Albert Nelson, spent all day… Continue Reading →

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Tyler McCain’s mother among witnesses for Tuesday’s preliminary hearing into Nikki Saelee-McCain’s disappearance and presumed death

Day 5 of Tyler McCain’s preliminary hearing revealed further details of an affair involving his missing and presumed dead wife, Nikki Saelee-McCain, and included a sometimes forgetful witness – McCain’s mother. The Shasta County District Attorney’s Office has charged 40-year-old… Continue Reading →

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Day 3, Prelim Hearing: Enraged Tyler McCain Outburst, Ominous Notes, Suspicious Evidence Found in McCain’s Mother’s Garage

Up until this morning, Tyler McCain has sat stoic and still in his navy-and-orange jail attire beside attorney Michael Borges in the Shasta County Superior Courthouse. McCain has attended a trial readiness conference, and now several preliminary hearings to determine… Continue Reading →