Lane County

EUGENE, Ore. — The Eugene Police Department was instrumental in assisting Florida law enforcement officers in arresting a fugitive living in Oregon’s Lane County. Forty-seven-year-old Steven Charles Whitney was also a suspect in an armed…

EUGENE, Ore. — Two plain-clothes ICE agents detained two suspects as they were released from the Lane County Jail last week. The incident, involving two men suspected of involvement in a burglary ring targeting Asian-American families in…

A Eugene school district employee is one of three women arrested for operating an online drug outlet, selling opioids in exchange for cryptocurrency. Jennifer Blake, who worked as a psychologist at the Chavez Elementary in the 4J school…

EUGENE, Ore. — Seven foreign nationals, all members of a well-resourced and financially supported crime ring, have been arrested by the Eugene Police Department for allegedly targeting Asian-American families in the area. In what the EPD…

LANE COUNTY, Ore. — In a dramatic incident involving a gunshot being fired and law enforcement vehicles damaged by an Indiana suspect with an outstanding warrant of arrest, took place in Lane County late on Thursday night. Deputies from…

EUGENE, Ore. — Following up on a crime scene after a bold robbery of $20,000 worth of jewelry from a kiosk at Valley River Center, a trail of blood droplets led Eugene police to Wayne Wood, who has a criminal history including assault,…

SPRINGFIELD, Ore. — A Springfield detective who shot twice at a fleeing suspect was justified in using deadly force, according to the Lane County District Attorney's Office. DA Finds That the Failure of the System To Treat Mental Illness…

Facing a $29.2 million budget shortfall, the University of Oregon has embarked on a second round of job cuts, this time affecting 60 staff members. The cutbacks do not affect tenure-track faculty staff - university professors hired for a…

EUGENE, Ore. — Eugene Police Department detectives investigating Friday’s shooting incident in the Walmart parking lot that left one person dead indicated that the person who shot the firearm stayed on the scene and has cooperated with law…

EUGENE, Ore. — An alleged kidnapper who had removed his pre-trial ankle monitor was arrested in Eugene late on Tuesday night and charged with contempt of court and resisting arrest. Jonathon Brian Kelly (45) was taken into custody after…