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
Gresham Boy Shot While Sleeping as Police Arrest One Suspect and Hunt Two More
A 21-year-old has been arrested and rewards of $5,000 each offered for information leading to the arrest of two other suspects in a shooting incident that killed a young…

Top Stories
Oregon Races to Reinforce Buildings as Scientists Warn of the ‘Big One’
Preparations are underway to reinforce building structures larger than 50,000 square feet in Oregon to cope with a Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake, often referred to…

Crime & Courts
Portland Family Tragedy as Man Kills Mother and 10-Year-Old Sister Before Taking His Own Life
The triple homicide in the Brentwood-Darlington Neighborhood on Saturday was the tragic aftermath of a 22-year-old male who is believed to have shot his mother and…

Crime & Courts
Oregon Stalker Jailed After Harassing Federal Official and Traveling to Arizona With Weapons
Brian Thomas Balda (52) of Oregon has been sentenced to three years and three months in prison after a federal jury found him guilty of one count of Cyber stalking and…

Crime & Courts
Oregon Newborn Dies After Parents Rely on Prayer Over Doctors Leading to Jail Sentence
An Oregon couple, who are members of an insular religious sect that believes that faith heals all, have been sentenced to 30 days in jail for failing to obtain…

News
Portland Police Find Three People Dead From Gunshot Wounds in Southeast Home
The bodies of three people were found at a Portland home in the Brenton-Darlington Neighborhood by East Precinct officers who were responding to a report of a suspected…

Crime & Courts
Salem Police Shield Hit by Bullet in Shootout Before Suspect Surrenders
Salem police officers were involved in a shooting incident on Saturday afternoon after responding to a report of a burglary near the 4300 block of 25th Avenue NE.

Crime & Courts
Nine-Year-Old Hit by Golf Club at Oregon Topgolf Awarded $15.8 Million After Jury Verdict
Following a trial lasting almost two weeks before U.S. District Judge Marco A. Hernandez, an eight-man jury awarded $15.8 million for pain and suffering and economic…





