Lane County

On Wednesday, Travis William Crum, 57, charged with the Lane County murder of 73-year-old Stephen Perry Bream in 2021, was found guilty and sentenced to life in the care of the Psychiatric Security Review Board. The Lane County Sheriff’s…

A Cottage Grove caregiver, Ashley Wright-Grable, 34, accused of stealing money from a 91-year-old patient between October 2023 and June 2024, has been sentenced to 30 days in jail yesterday. Court documents indicate that Wright-Grable,…

Kevin Glen Whiting (59) of Springfield has been charged with two counts of first-degree aggravated theft in the Lane County Circuit Court, according to court records. His court appearance follows a string of incidents in which Whiting…

The husband of a woman who died of a fentanyl-methamphetamine overdose in the Lane County Jail has brought a $5 million lawsuit against the county. Her Death was an Unnecessary Tragedy Barbara Stillwell (59) was found close to…

A Springfield nurse, Cari Lin Mallette, who worked at  Marquis Care, a Springfield assisted living and rehabilitation facility, has appeared in the Lane County Circuit Court on claims that she took medication meant for patients at the…

A Portland rapper, Desmond Boris Washington (39), has been indicted on charges of attempted murder and assault following a shooting in a Eugene nightclub last December. Washington was found guilty in the Lane County Circuit Court on…

EUGENE, Ore. — A Eugene man, Lonnie Huddleston, 37, a former employee of the Everyone's Market convenience store on Barger Drive, was sentenced on Friday to 25 years in prison for armed robberies at several convenience stores committed…

The J.H. Baxter group of companies will pay $1.5 million in criminal fines after the president, George Baxter-Krause, pleaded guilty to violating hazardous waste and the Clean Air Act at its wood treatment plant in Eugene. According to a…

A woman who left her six-month-old baby at a friend’s house without food or diapers for more than 10 hours, is in custody in the Lane County Jail. Charged with Second-Degree Child Neglect Faith Miranda Rhoads (24) of Springfield…

EUGENE, Ore. — A Eugene bank heist that lasted one minute has not ended well for Daniel Wayne Hall (42) who was sentenced to 12 years behind bars last Friday. Hall pleaded guilty to robbing the Banner Bank on West Sixth Avenue on April 3…