Southern Oregon News

Responding to a single-vehicle crash on Highway 140, near milepost 55, in Lake County on February 14, the Oregon State Police (OSP), assisted by Lake County Search and Rescue and ODOT, initiated an investigation after the driver, Laura Anne…

DOUGLAS COUNTY, Ore — The Douglas County Sheriff's Office (DCSO) confirmed that a months-long investigation into a large-scale chop shop operation in northern Douglas County ended with the successful recovery of several stolen vehicles and…

JACKSON COUNTY, Ore — A Rogue Christian Academy teacher charged with sex abuse, r*pe, and s*domy, is being held in the Jackson County Jail. Jesse Rex Orndoff (30) was taken into custody on Friday night for sexually abusing a former…

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…

National fabric and crafts retailer Joann filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Wednesday and sought court approval to close over half its stores. This filing is the second in under a year, and two Southern Oregon stores, including Joann…

MEDFORD, Ore. — The Providence Hospital group yesterday told striking Medford nurses that they have until the end of this month to return to work, or they will lose their healthcare benefits. ONA Says Providence Should Focus on…

A Sutherlin man, who has an active restraining order against him, nevertheless tried to break into his former girlfriend’s home using a power tool he had stolen from someone’s home. Former Girlfriend Locked Herself in the…

Yesterday, a Coos Bay man, David Sigler, 32, was indicted by a Coos County grand jury for allegedly killing his 22-month-old daughter in fall 2024. He is charged with criminally negligent homicide and criminal mistreatment. Sigler was…

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…

MEDFORD, Ore. — Following a report of a menacing with a handgun, the area around the 400 block of N. Grape St, Medford, was closed off yesterday as the Medford Police Department (MPD) attended the scene. By 6.30 pm, the suspect, …