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62-Year-Old Oregon Driver in Stolen Car Tasered After Threatening Deputies With Club
A 62-year-old man from Albany, driving a stolen vehicle, was tasered by a sheriff’s office sergeant when he threatened deputies with a club.
The drama unfolded late last Saturday night when the Lane County Sheriff’s Office received a…
Portland Suspect Claims Fatal Shooting of Girlfriend Was Accident as Charges Drop
PORTLAND, Ore. — After initially being charged with murder over the death of his girlfriend, Kimberly Venegas-Gonzalez, the charges against Leonel Macias-Silva of Portland have been reduced to manslaughter after he claimed the deadly…
Oregon to Give People With Disabilities More Control Over Their In-Home Care Services
Individuals with disabilities, who will in the future have more control over their in-home care services, are one of two important changes that the Oregon Department of Human Services will be making to Medicaid-funded services.
Oregon's…
Grants Pass Area Home Becomes Scene of Murder-Suicide That Killed Family of Five
GRANTS PASS, Ore. — Josephine County Sheriff’s deputies responding to a request to check the welfare of the residents at a home in the 200 block of Hussey Lane, in the Picket Creek area, on Monday morning, discovered five bodies with…
73-Year-Old Oregon Eye Doctor Sentenced After Defrauding Clients Out of $2.8 Million in Fake…
A 73-year-old Oregon optometrist has been sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison for defrauding 155 people of $2.8 million.
Robert Lee Adams, of Bandon, who misled his clients into making foreign exchange investments with his…
Dispute Between Known Individuals Sparks Shooting in Vacant Klamath County Residence
KLAMATH COUNTY, Ore. — The Klamath County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) is investigating a shooting between two known individuals in a vacant house in the area of South Lalakes Avenue and Charley Street on Monday afternoon.
KCSO and Oregon…
Boaters Trapped on Rocks at Edge of Santiam River Falls Pulled to Safety in Marion County
MARION COUNTY, Ore. — Two men pinned between rocks at the top edge of the falls on the Santiam River near Mill City on Friday were successfully rescued without any injuries.
Responding to several 9-1-1 calls about a man stranded on the…
Southeast Portland Welfare Check Turns Into Armed Standoff and Murder Investigation
PORTLAND, Ore. — What started as a routine welfare check in Southeast Portland on Sunday night spiraled into an armed standoff that ended with a homicide investigation.
Caller Reports a Dead Woman In the Home
Around 6:30 p.m. on…
Hillsboro Search Turns Grim as Investigators Recover Body Parts From Tualatin River
HILLSBORO, Ore. — Responding to reports from a kayaker that they had found a body part in the Tualatin River on Friday, Washington County Sheriff’s Office (WCSO) searchers found another body part the next day.
Deputies went to…
Trump Administration Cuts Target Oregon’s Most Vulnerable With Massive Loss of Food and Medicaid…
A grim picture of billions of dollars lost to Oregon by the Trump administration’s budget cuts has been painted by the state’s Chief Financial Officer, Kate Nass.
In total, Nass’ Department of Administrative Services (DAS) is predicting…