Lucille McNamara
Lucille McNamara is a Daily Tidings reporter with 27 years of journalism experience, covering Oregon public safety, crime and courts, plus statewide policy and community impact stories including housing, education, health, and immigration. She previously worked at The Star.
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Crime & Courts
Parents of Oregon Security Guard Seek $35 Million Damages from Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital
The parents of an unarmed security guard shot dead by a gunman, with a history of arrests, at the Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital in Portland in July 2023 are suing the…

Crime & Courts
William Frombach of Medford Will Appear in Court on December 12 in Connection with last Friday’s Murder
William Carl Frombach Jr. of Medford is in custody without bail following the murder of Devery Allen Bynam and the attempted murder of Elizabeth Hadley last Friday.

Crime & Courts
Oregon Teenager, Marshall Hansen, Arrested for Three Gunpoint Robberies
Within 50 minutes, a teenager robbed three people at gunpoint in separate incidents in Portland during the early hours of Saturday morning.

Top Stories
More Than 700 Homeless Veterans Sleep Outdoors in Oregon Every Night
More than 1,400 Oregon veterans are homeless, with at least 700 of these former servicemen and women sleeping outdoors, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs…

Business & Economy
PacifiCorp Workers Must Return Full-Time to the Portland Headquarters
Employees of the electric utility, PacifiCorp, can no longer work from home.

Crime & Courts
Gregory Thurson, a 64-Year-Old Man, Arrested in Oregon for a Murder Committed 43 Years Ago
The arraignment of a 64-year-old Eugene resident in connection with a murder that took place in Indiana 43 years ago will likely be heard today.

Politics & Government
Oregon Measure 117 and How The Portland Experiment With Ranked-Choice Voting Backfired
As the first-ever U.S. city to introduce ranked-choice voting for its local elections at the polls last week, the Portland experiment backfired.

News
The PACE Center in Grants Pass Will Close its Doors at the End of the Year
The PACE Center in Grants Pass will close at the end of this year as it has become unsustainable because too few people use its full range of services.






