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Lucille McNamara

Lucille McNamara is a Daily Tidings reporter with 27 years of journalism experience, covering Oregon public safety, crime and courts, plus statewide policy and community impact stories including housing, education, health, and immigration. She previously worked at The Star.
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News

Oregon Preschool Seeks Legal Protection After Father Arrested by ICE While Dropping Off Two-Year-Old

Lucille McNamara Sep 12, 2025

An Oregon school and two national teacher unions are seeking protection from immigration enforcement and have joined a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration. Two national teacher unions with 4.8 million members nationwide, and…

Crime & Courts

Man Found Shot to Death on Portland Sidewalk as Homicide Detectives Search for Suspect

Lucille McNamara Sep 11, 2025

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Homicide Unit of the Portland Police Detective Division is investigating the death by shooting of an adult male, found dead on the sidewalk on Northeast Grand Avenue late on Tuesday night. The North Precinct received…

Crime & Courts

Deschutes County Deputies Rescue 46 Dogs From Alleged Puppy Mill as Owner Faces Animal Neglect…

Lucille McNamara Sep 11, 2025

DESCHUTES COUNTY, Ore. — A 62-year-old Alfalfa woman, Lorinda Maxwell, who is alleged to have been breeding and selling dogs and puppies from her home, has been charged with 49 felony counts of second-degree animal neglect. A…

Crime & Courts

Prisoners Claim They Were Left Choking on Tear Gas as Multnomah County Officials Ignored Pleas

Lucille McNamara Sep 11, 2025

MULTNOMAH COUNTY, Ore. — U.S. Magistrate Judge Stacie F. Beckerman has ruled in favor of a class-action lawsuit claiming that Multnomah County, the former sheriff, and two former corrections officers failed to protect prisoners subjected to…

Education

University of Oregon Job Losses Climb Past 100 as Budget Troubles Continue

Lucille McNamara Sep 10, 2025

Facing a $29.2 million budget shortfall, the University of Oregon has embarked on a second round of job cuts, this time affecting 60 staff members. The cutbacks do not affect tenure-track faculty staff - university professors hired for a…

Crime & Courts

Gresham Boy Shot While Sleeping as Police Arrest One Suspect and Hunt Two More

Lucille McNamara Sep 10, 2025

GRESHAM, Ore. — A 21-year-old has been arrested and rewards of $5,000 each offered for information leading to the arrest of two other suspects in a shooting incident that killed a young teenage boy, Liam Spahnie-Bailey, as he lay sleeping…

Oregon Races to Reinforce Buildings as Scientists Warn of the ‘Big One’

Lucille McNamara Sep 10, 2025

Preparations are underway to reinforce building structures larger than 50,000 square feet in Oregon to cope with a Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake, often referred to as the ‘Big One.’ The Last Earthquake Generated a Tsunami…

Crime & Courts

Portland Family Tragedy as Man Kills Mother and 10-Year-Old Sister Before Taking His Own Life

Lucille McNamara Sep 9, 2025

PORTLAND, Ore. — The triple homicide in the Brentwood-Darlington Neighborhood on Saturday was the tragic aftermath of a 22-year-old male who is believed to have shot his mother and 10-year-old sister before turning the gun on himself,…

Crime & Courts

Oregon Stalker Jailed After Harassing Federal Official and Traveling to Arizona With Weapons

Lucille McNamara Sep 9, 2025

Brian Thomas Balda (52) of Oregon has been sentenced to three years and three months in prison after a federal jury found him guilty of one count of Cyber stalking and one count of Interstate stalking. According to the Arizona Department…

Crime & Courts

Oregon Newborn Dies After Parents Rely on Prayer Over Doctors Leading to Jail Sentence

Lucille McNamara Sep 9, 2025

An Oregon couple, who are members of an insular religious sect that believes that faith heals all, have been sentenced to 30 days in jail for failing to obtain assistance when their two-day-old newborn died after stopping to eat and…

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