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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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Politics & Elections

Bill Revamping Measure 114 Could Save 1,000 Lives in Oregon Over the Next Decade

Lucille McNamara Mar 19, 2025

Oregon’s contentious Measure 114 which tightens gun ownership controls came under the firing line when lawmakers heard evidence at a hearing on Monday on a bill that will modify the measure. Plethora of Arguments Presented to a…

Crime & Courts

Oregon Man’s Carjacking Rampage Ends with 15-Year Prison Sentence

Lucille McNamara Mar 19, 2025

MEDFORD, Ore. — The Oregon U.S. Attorney’s Office wrapped up a four-year case last Friday when Gregory Escobedo, Jr. (31) was sentenced to federal prison for carjacking three victims at gunpoint. Escobedo was sentenced to 15 years and…

Crime & Courts

Coos County Deputies Arrest Two Suspects in Brutal Johnson Mill Pond Murder Case

Lucille McNamara Mar 18, 2025

Two people have been arrested and charged with murder by Coos County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) deputies following the discovery of the body of Larry Burkhow at Johnson Mill Pond on 12 March. The following day, deputies arrested Elaine…

News

Squatters Can be Evicted Within 24 Hours by Oregon Property Owners if House Bill is Passed

Lucille McNamara Mar 18, 2025

A bill legislating that squatters do not have tenant rights while illegally occupying privately owned premises will entitle Oregon property owners to evict them after serving 24-hour notices. If passed, OR HB 3522 will circumvent legal…

Crime & Courts

Shoplifter Stabs Oregon Dollar Store Worker, Gets Bumped Off Bike and Tasered in Wild Police Chase

Lucille McNamara Mar 18, 2025

DOUGLAS COUNTY, Ore. — An alleged shoplifter who stabbed an employee of the Dollar General Store in Winston on Friday afternoon was ‘bumped’ off his bicycle by a police vehicle and then tasered by the arresting officer who believed the…

Crime & Courts

Starved for Years, Boy’s Shocking Rescue from Caregiver’s Abuse Unfolds in Oregon Courtroom

Lucille McNamara Mar 17, 2025

A 40-year-old woman from The Dalles was found guilty on two counts of first-degree criminal mistreatment after a boy under her care was found to have been starved for several years. She Will Appeal her Convictions for…

Education

Oregon School Districts Will Need Significantly More Money to Achieve Growth Targets

Lucille McNamara Mar 17, 2025

Before the governor can expect Oregon school districts to improve academic achievements, significantly more money is needed to attain ambitious growth targets, says Kimberlee Armstrong, Superintendent of Portland Public Schools. …

Politics & Elections

Oregon Senator Demands Investigative Hearing as Musk’s DOGE Threatens Social Security Payments for…

Lucille McNamara Mar 17, 2025

The disregard with which Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) treats the Social Security Administration (SSA) threatens to disrupt and delay payments, prompting Oregon Senator Ron Wyden, a Ranking Member of the Senate…

Crime & Courts

Oregon Man Convicted of Stabbing Victim 55 Times and Burning Body in Car Trunk Faces Life Sentence

Lucille McNamara Mar 16, 2025

Seven years after Andrew Hathaway of Portland was found dead with 55 stab wounds in the trunk of a burning car, a 44-year-old man was found guilty by a jury of the Multnomah County Circuit Court on Friday. Sentencing Will be on…

News

Portland Has the Dubious Honor of Hosting Three of the Worst Highways for Traffic Snarl-Ups in…

Lucille McNamara Mar 16, 2025

Portland comes out tops for the worst traffic snarl-ups in Oregon, with drivers entering a mental state of a third dimension while sitting for what seems a lifetime in unmoving lanes of vehicles. Which Rush Hour Traffic Makes You…

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