Lane County

LANE COUNTY, Ore. — A 36-year-old woman from Springfield, who together with her boyfriend was arrested for tasering her seven-year-old son, among other reported charges of severe abuse, has been sent to prison for 15 years. Heather Black…

The University of Oregon coalition of faculty, staff, and students began a hunger strike yesterday (Monday) in a show of solidarity for what they term ‘Israel’s campaign of mass starvation in Gaza.’ List of Demands They are…

LANE COUNTY, Ore. — A former Homes for Good HR and payroll specialist for Lane County’s housing authority, Miranda Renee Wilcox (59), has been arrested in connection with an alleged embezzlement scheme involving $560,000. Wilcox was…

EUGENE, Ore. — Two suspects wanted in connection with a burglary where electronics and firearms were stolen on May 10 at about 11:20 a.m. in the 39200 block of Deerhorn Road, south of Walterville, were soon tracked down to a Downtown Eugene…

A man who failed to appear in court on charges of strangulation and assault was arrested in Eugene early on Monday morning when a deputy from the Lane County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) spotted him sitting in a stolen truck. He was…

When employees at the Jade Dumpling and Noodle House in Eugene argued with one of their wives about an electronic device she had sold them, her husband allegedly threatened them with a machete. The incident occurred at lunchtime on…

EUGENE, Ore. — A fund has been created to protect Oregon University faculty members targeted for unlawful conduct by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The United Academics of the University of Oregon passed a union policy…

SPRINGFIELD, Ore. — Harvey and Price, a mechanical contracting company in Springfield, was allegedly embezzled of hundreds of thousands of dollars by ‘a trusted employee’ during her six years working for the company. Melisa Jaragosky…

EUGENE, Ore. — Eugene Police want information on a man who shot a female cat trapped inside a carrier, abandoned her on a hilly outcrop, and then fled the scene in a dark-colored sedan. Police were alerted to the sound of gunshots at…

EUGENE, Ore. — A Eugene man who threatened to become the next Kip Kinkel- the school shooter who killed two classmates and injured 25 in a Springfield, Oregon high school in 1998, Jeffrey Alan Voss, 31, was sentenced to a five-year term of…