Lane County

SPRINGFIELD, Ore. — A Springfield woman, who reported hearing a gunshot from inside her home after fleeing to a neighbor’s house following a domestic violence incident, was later informed that the suspect had died. The incident took…

SPRINGFIELD, Ore. — A sixty-year-old man from South Carolina robbed the Wells Fargo Bank in Springfield on Thursday morning, threatening cashiers with a concealed weapon. Andrew Boaden McKissack was arrested shortly after the 11.30 a.m.…

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 for Good. Charged and pleading guilty to six counts of first-degree…

EUGENE, Ore. — 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 a sequence of dramatic events. After the incident…

EUGENE, Ore. — A woman from Eugene will spend more than seven years in prison for setting fire to the home of a former boyfriend’s parents. Jasmine Wright was found guilty on five counts of first-degree arson and multiple other charges…

A 62-year-old man from Albany, driving a stolen vehicle, was tasered by a sheriff’s office sergeant when he threatened deputies with a club. The drama unfolded late last Saturday night when the Lane County Sheriff’s Office received a…

EUGENE, Ore. — A murder victim found in a forest 10 miles east of Lowell on Thursday has led to the arrest of a 53-year-old man from Eugene. Deputies from the Lane County Sheriff’s Office Aaron detained Douglas Omer, who was found in the…

EUGENE, Ore. — A Lyft driver from Eugene, who allegedly told a passenger that he had taken the job to sell drugs to his customers, was arraigned yesterday, charged with delivery of cocaine, a serious felony that can result in a prison…

EUGENE, Ore. — An Iranian immigrant, arrested by ICE officers last month, will not be deported from the United States following a ruling by U.S. District Judge Mustafa T. Kasubhai of Eugene. The immigrant, identified in court records as…

SPRINGFIELD, Ore. — A Springfield Gateway Credit Union employee is facing multiple charges following the unauthorized withdrawal of $74,700 from the accounts of six of the credit union’s members. Surveillance footage showed Laila Payne,…