Roseburg News

ROSEBURG, Ore. — A Roseburg man, 29-year-old Jesse Lee Proffitt, was arrested on Wednesday night after surveillance videos in Jungle Things Oregon, a Roseburg business, showed him stealing seven exotic lizards. Responding to reports of a…

ROSEBURG, Ore. — A Roseburg dog training company owner has been sentenced to more than three years in Douglas County Jail after pleading no contest to two charges of first-degree animal neglect. Haden Dorsey (45) was investigated by the…

ROSEBURG, Ore. — The search for a Roseburg man, Terry Eugene Kruh, 63, ended on Thursday, April 10 when a friend, who was one of the searchers, found the body of Kruh and his motorcycle crashed in the 6600 block of Roberts Creek Road in…

ROSEBURG, Ore. — After evading police by hiding under a bridge, a 26-year-old Roseburg man wanted by his parole officer was detained by Eros, a 5.5-year-old German Shepherd K9 officer attached to the Douglas County Sheriff's Office (DCSO),…

ROSEBURG, Ore. — An adult in custody, 24-year-old Alexander Matthew Pearson of Reedsport, was returned to custody on Friday shortly after he had fled a Douglas County Circuit Court courtroom following his probation violation hearing that…

ROSEBURG, Ore. — Douglas Interagency Narcotics Team (DINT) arrested two people in Roseburg in what appears to be a methamphetamine sale on Thursday evening. 30-year-old Tyler Michael Jordan of Roseburg and 46-year-old Dawn Marie Boyce…

ROSEBURG, Ore. — The Roseburg Police Department (RPD) arrested a 71-year-old  Roseburg man, David Grant Tollefson, early on Monday morning. While allegedly driving impaired, Tollefson reportedly struck three vehicles and a telephone pole…

ROSEBURG, Ore. — A pet dog and cat died in a fire at a Roseburg apartment on Thursday afternoon. The occupants, two adults, and three children, were not on the premises when the fire broke out. Roseburg Fire Department was called to 844…

ROSEBURG, Ore. — Oregon State Police (OSP) investigators of a fatal single-vehicle crash that occurred on Thursday at about 3.15 pm on Highway 138 near Roseburg confirmed that the driver of the silver Honda Accord, Jessica Rae Thompson, 36,…

ROSEBURG, Ore. — Kylee Rummel, Roseburg's Ward 1 Councilor, resigned on Friday, January 24, prompting the mayor to call for an investigation to determine what happened before she resigned. Roseburg City Council: Mayor Probes…