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
Oregon Woman Pleads Guilty to Embezzling $560,000 From Eugene Public Housing Agency
Miranda Renee Wilcox (60), a payroll specialist at the Public Housing Agency in Eugene, has been found guilty of embezzling upwards of half a million dollars from Homes…

Crime & Courts
Oregon Car Crash Reveals Massive Fentanyl Haul That Sends Washington Man to Prison for More Than Seven Years
A 28-year-old Washington man has been sentenced to more than seven years in federal prison after a traffic accident in Oregon led investigators to uncover a large stash…

Business & Economy
Oregon Employers Warned as AI ‘Frankencandidates’ Use Deepfakes and Fake Resumes to Land Jobs
In a world full of bots, hiring a real human is something one can no longer take for granted. This is the ominous warning by an expert reacting to the AI bot surge in…

Crime & Courts
Oregon Woman Who Left Her Son’s Corpse in a Bedroom for Five Months Is Sentenced to Prison
Eric Lappin died in May 2024, but his corpse remained in a bedroom for another five months while his mother, Melissa Lappin (44) of Beaverton, collected his state…

Crime & Courts
Sequence of Dramatic Events Ends With Arrest of Eugene Man After Rear-Ending Girlfriend’s Car
After rear-ending his girlfriend’s vehicle and chasing her onto Willamette Street, Adam Cole Young (35) was arrested by officers from the Eugene Police Department after…

Politics & Government
Governor Kotek Rejects Federal Threats to Dismantle Oregon’s Immigration Sanctuary Policies
Threats to eradicate Oregon’s immigration sanctuary policies by U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi have been dismissed by Governor Tina Kotek, who denies that public…

Crime & Courts
Young Oregonian Allegedly Behind Global Cyberattack Botnet That Hit 80 Countries
A 22-year-old Oregon man is reportedly the mastermind behind the “Rapper Bot” DDoS-for-hire botnet, which has launched large-scale Cyber attacks in over 80 countries in…

News
Josephine County Sheriff Confirms Death of Young Girl in Cave Junction Dog Attack
A four-year-old girl was killed by a dog at a home in the 1800 Block of Laurel Road, Cave Junction, at lunchtime on Saturday.







