Southern Oregon News

GRANTS PASS, Ore. — Grants Pass Police Officers arrested 20-year-old Aiden Steven McCarroll and two juveniles yesterday in connection with a robbery with a knife on Thursday, May 22, 2025, at about 5:24 p.m. in the 1200 block of Rogue River…

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…

COOS COUNTY, Ore. — Deputies from the Coos County Sheriff's Office (CCSO) arrested Amanda Vancannon, a 38-year-old Coos County woman, on Tuesday morning after she allegedly crashed her vehicle into a school bus that had stopped to pick up a…

KLAMATH COUNTY, Ore. — A 17-year-old boy was thrown over a bridge barrier into the Klamath River after a two-vehicle crash as he was checking for faults under the hood of one of the vehicles- a Honda CRV, on Saturday on Highway 140, near…

JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. — On Monday, a Mexican citizen illegally living in Jackson County, 24-year-old Saul Uriel Nunez-Vega, pleaded guilty to illegally possessing the firearm involved in a White City crime in 2023. Firearm In…

GRANTS PASS, Ore. — A low-level drug deal at Ogle Park on NW Washington Boulevard got the attention of Grants Pass Police Officers on Saturday at about 11:10 p.m. when 58-year-old Baron Messier chased down two females with a machete after…

Nominated for its significant connections to Port Orford's early city governance and its first mayor, Gilbert E. Gable, the Port Orford City Jail is one of Oregon’s newest entries in the National Register of Historic Places, which could…

ASHLAND, Ore. — An impressive Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) has been developed by the City of Ashland, Fire and Rescue, and the CWPP management advisory committee after extensive community participation. Set out in storybook…

DOUGLAS COUNTY, Ore. — Detectives with the Douglas Interagency Narcotics Team (DINT) arrested a Winston man, 29-year-old Ryian Martin, on suspicion of several narcotics-related charges on Friday. DINT detectives contacted Martin at a…

DOUGLAS COUNTY, Ore. —  An investigation into a Salem man suspected of trafficking large quantities of methamphetamine in the Douglas County area ended in the arrest of Enrique Gonzalez-Hernandez by the Douglas Interagency Narcotics Team…