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
Million Dollar Drug Trafficking Ring Operating in Oregon – Woman Imprisoned for Money Laundering
A 44-year-old Oregon woman who deposited millions of dollars into her Tualatin beauty salon and personal bank accounts for her drug trafficking boyfriend has been…

Crime & Courts
Former Jackson County Fire Chief Charles Hanley Threatens to Sue the Department
Former Jackson County Fire Chief, Charles Hanley, who was fired in August amid allegations of inappropriate workplace conduct, has retaliated with a threat to sue the…

Top Stories
Voter Backing for Oregon Measure 118 Is Losing Support
UPDATE: Fierce Opposition to Oregon Measure 118 at the Polls Defeats Attempts to Establish a Basic Income Program

Crime & Courts
Fraudulent Unemployment Claims Land Oregon Man in Jail for Six Months
The case of a Portland man sentenced to six months in prison last week for stealing unemployment benefits was one of only a handful of convictions since the Oregon…

Crime & Courts
High-Speed Car Chase in Oregon Ends in Dramatic Arrest
A suspected drug dealer with a history of violent crime was involved in a high-speed car chase with detectives from the Douglas Interagency Narcotics Team (DINT) that…

Crime & Courts
Oregon Felon Jailed for Calling a Circuit Court Judge ‘Dead Man Walking’ and Threatening to Kill Him
A Portland man who called an Oregon district court judge ‘dead man walking,’ sending him letters threatening to stalk, beat up, stab and kill him, and harm his family…

News
Financing a New Water Treatment Plant to Serve Ashland is Sparking Lively Public Debate on Social Media
UPDATE: Jackson County Ballot Measure Results: Ashland to Issue Revenue Bonds to Finance The Construction of The Water Treatment Plant

Crime & Courts
Spousal Identity Theft is Difficult to Prosecute: Oregonian Finds Herself in a Catch-22 Situation
Spousal identity theft is difficult to prosecute as married couples are considered a single economic unit – and that is the Catch-22 situation in which Danielle Del…







