Author

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.
Contact: [email protected]

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…

News

Portland Police Find Three People Dead From Gunshot Wounds in Southeast Home

Lucille McNamara Sep 8, 2025

PORTLAND, Ore. — The bodies of three people were found at a Portland home in the Brenton-Darlington Neighborhood by East Precinct officers who were responding to a report of a suspected suicide. The incident, reported at 5.05 p.m., took…

Crime & Courts

Salem Police Shield Hit by Bullet in Shootout Before Suspect Surrenders

Lucille McNamara Sep 8, 2025

SALEM, Ore. — Salem police officers were involved in a shooting incident on Saturday afternoon after responding to a report of a burglary near the 4300 block of 25th Avenue NE. According to a police news release, a subject fired shots at…

Crime & Courts

Nine-Year-Old Hit by Golf Club at Oregon Topgolf Awarded $15.8 Million After Jury Verdict

Lucille McNamara Sep 7, 2025

Following a trial lasting almost two weeks before U.S. District Judge Marco A. Hernandez, an eight-man jury awarded $15.8 million for pain and suffering and economic damages to an Oregon couple following an injury to their nine-year-old son…

News

Oregon Parents Pay More Than a Quarter of Their Paychecks to Cover Childcare

Lucille McNamara Sep 7, 2025

Oregon is ranked as the 10th most expensive state in the U.S. for childcare, spending an average of 25.47% of annual income on fees, underscoring the financial strain on families throughout the U.S. who face funding freezes on federal…

Crime & Courts

Oregon DEA Bust Ends With 11 Year Sentence for Drug Kingpin Who Laundered Millions Through Tualatin…

Lucille McNamara Sep 6, 2025

A Mexican national was yesterday sentenced to 11 years and three months in a federal prison for conspiring to distribute drugs in Oregon and to launder money through his fiancée’s beauty salon in Tualatin. Huge Amounts of Drugs…

News

Strange Noises Lead Clackamas County Homeowners to Man Secretly Living in Rooftop Crawl Space

Lucille McNamara Sep 6, 2025

CLACKAMAS COUNTY, Ore. — After the owners of a Clackamas County condominium alerted the local Sheriff’s Office to strange noises coming from the crawl space, deputies found a man living in the rooftop space who had created a comfortable,…

News

Oregon Breaks Ground on 1,171 Affordable Homes in Cities From Portland to Grants Pass

Lucille McNamara Sep 6, 2025

The construction of 1,171 affordable homes across Oregon begins this month in Beaverton, Dallas, Grants Pass, Portland, Salem, Tigard, and The Dalles. The project is undertaken by Oregon Housing and Community Services (OHCS) at a cost of…

News

10,000 ICE Agents Target Portland and Seattle as Sanctuary Cities Defy Federal Law

Lucille McNamara Sep 5, 2025

The sanctuary cities of Portland in Oregon and Seattle in neighboring Washington state will resound to the sound of 10,000 thunderous ICE agent boots that will flood the areas, promises U.S. Border Czar, Tom Homan. “We’re going to send…

Load More Posts