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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

62-Year-Old Oregon Driver in Stolen Car Tasered After Threatening Deputies With Club

Lucille McNamara Aug 13, 2025

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…

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Oregon to Give People With Disabilities More Control Over Their In-Home Care Services

Lucille McNamara Aug 13, 2025

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…

Crime & Courts

73-Year-Old Oregon Eye Doctor Sentenced After Defrauding Clients Out of $2.8 Million in Fake…

Lucille McNamara Aug 13, 2025

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…

Crime & Courts

Southeast Portland Welfare Check Turns Into Armed Standoff and Murder Investigation

Lucille McNamara Aug 12, 2025

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…

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Trump Administration Cuts Target Oregon’s Most Vulnerable With Massive Loss of Food and Medicaid…

Lucille McNamara Aug 12, 2025

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…

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Triple-Digit Heat Bears Down on Southern Oregon as Cooling Shelters Open

Lucille McNamara Aug 11, 2025

Oregonians will be subjected to extreme heat that could soar into the lower 100s in the Rogue Valley, prompting the opening of weather shelters. The National Weather Service (NWS) states that high temperatures in the upper 90s will…

Crime & Courts

Portland Couple Faces Drug and Gun Charges After Police Use Stop Sticks to Foil Escape

Lucille McNamara Aug 10, 2025

PORTLAND, Ore. — A Portland couple was arrested and charged after officers from the North Precinct found them in possession of large quantities of fentanyl and methamphetamine, $10,000 in cash, a semiautomatic pistol, several firearm…

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Oregon’s Energy Prices Rose Far Less Than Most States but Data Centers Could Change That

Lucille McNamara Aug 10, 2025

While energy costs rose by 19.4% in Oregon over an eight-year period, residents of Maine experienced a staggering increase of 75.7% during the same time-period, the highest of any state in the nation. Oregonians can breathe a sigh of…

Crime & Courts

Coos Bay Mother Files Wrongful Death Suit Over Son’s Death in Back of Police Car

Lucille McNamara Aug 9, 2025

COOS COUNTY, Ore. — Jennifer Smith, the mother of Nathan Bradford Smith (33), has filed a wrongful death civil rights lawsuit against the City of Coos Bay, claiming her son died in the back of a patrol car while a Coos Bay Police officer…

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Oregon Ordered to Pay $500 a Day for Each Mentally Ill Defendant Left Waiting in Jail

Lucille McNamara Aug 9, 2025

Oregon must pay up for failing to admit mentally ill criminal defendants to the state hospital while it appeals a contempt ruling, a federal judge said on Thursday. U.S. District Judge Adrienne Nelson denied the state’s request to delay…

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