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.
Latest from Lucille McNamara

Crime & Courts
Portland Man With Gun Climbs Onto Neighbor’s Roof as Police Deploy Drone and K-9 in Late Night Siege
A man firing gunshots inside a Piedmont home late on Friday night unfolded into a dramatic police operation deploying a drone, a K-9 unit, and a negotiator to the scene…

News
Federal Judge Blocks Trump Administration Threat to Strip Oregon of Sanctuary Funds
The Trump administration’s threat of withholding federal funds from sanctuary states, counties, and cities shielding ‘illegal aliens from deportation’ has been dismissed…

Top Stories
Oregon Roads at Risk as Lawmakers Reconvene Friday to Decide Fate of Transportation Department
Friday is D-Day for the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) when lawmakers reconvene for a special session called by the State Governor after they failed to reach…

Politics & Government
Oregon Secretary of State Refuses to Give Trump Administration Sensitive Voter Details Amid DOJ Pressure
Oregon’s Secretary of State (SoS) has refused to provide President Donald Trump’s administration lawyers with personal information about state voters.

Crime & Courts
Four Suspected Drug Dealers Arrested in Portland After Bike Squad Sergeant Spots Street Deal
Four suspected drug dealers were arrested in Portland yesterday, and police took possession of dealer-level quantities of fentanyl, a replica firearm, an illegal knife…

Crime & Courts
Springfield Police Arrest 60-Year-Old Robbery Suspect Minutes After Wells Fargo Hold-Up
A sixty-year-old man from South Carolina robbed the Wells Fargo Bank in Springfield on Thursday morning, threatening cashiers with a concealed weapon.

Crime & Courts
Oregon Man Pleads Guilty After Girlfriend Jumps From Vehicle to Flee Pistol Whipping on Warm Springs Reservation
A resident of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation faces 10 years in prison after pistol- whipping his girlfriend around the head, resulting in life-threatening injuries…

Crime & Courts
Federal Judge Rules Oregon School District Cannot Discipline Social Worker for Displaying Gender Identity Books
The Oregon Inter-mountain Education Service District has been ordered by U.S. Magistrate Judge Andrew D. Hallman not to impose disciplinary action against a clinical…







