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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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Oregon Roads at Risk as Lawmakers Reconvene Friday to Decide Fate of Transportation Department

Lucille McNamara Aug 24, 2025

Friday is D-Day for the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) when lawmakers reconvene for a special session called by the State Governor after they failed to reach consensus on a funding package for the cash-strapped agency. …

Politics & Elections

Oregon Secretary of State Refuses to Give Trump Administration Sensitive Voter Details Amid DOJ…

Lucille McNamara Aug 24, 2025

Oregon’s Secretary of State (SoS) has refused to provide President Donald Trump’s administration lawyers with personal information about state voters. Lawyers Told They Can Obtain a Copy of Public Records Available to Anyone for…

Crime & Courts

Four Suspected Drug Dealers Arrested in Portland After Bike Squad Sergeant Spots Street Deal

Lucille McNamara Aug 23, 2025

PORTLAND, Ore. — Four suspected drug dealers were arrested in Portland yesterday, and police took possession of dealer-level quantities of fentanyl, a replica firearm, an illegal knife, a stun gun, and drug packaging materials. …

Crime & Courts

Springfield Police Arrest 60-Year-Old Robbery Suspect Minutes After Wells Fargo Hold-Up

Lucille McNamara Aug 23, 2025

SPRINGFIELD, Ore. — A sixty-year-old man from South Carolina robbed the Wells Fargo Bank in Springfield on Thursday morning, threatening cashiers with a concealed weapon. Andrew Boaden McKissack was arrested shortly after the 11.30 a.m.…

Crime & Courts

Oregon Man Pleads Guilty After Girlfriend Jumps From Vehicle to Flee Pistol Whipping on Warm Springs…

Lucille McNamara Aug 23, 2025

A resident of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation faces 10 years in prison after pistol- whipping his girlfriend around the head, resulting in life-threatening injuries when she jumped from a moving vehicle to escape him. Henry Jonathan…

Crime & Courts

Federal Judge Rules Oregon School District Cannot Discipline Social Worker for Displaying Gender…

Lucille McNamara Aug 22, 2025

The Oregon Inter-mountain Education Service District has been ordered by U.S. Magistrate Judge Andrew D. Hallman not to impose disciplinary action against a clinical social worker for displaying books in his office that could offend…

Crime & Courts

Oregon Woman Pleads Guilty to Embezzling $560,000 From Eugene Public Housing Agency

Lucille McNamara Aug 22, 2025

Miranda Renee Wilcox (60), a payroll specialist at the Public Housing Agency in Eugene, has been found guilty of embezzling upwards of half a million dollars from Homes for Good. Charged and pleading guilty to six counts of first-degree…

Crime & Courts

Oregon Car Crash Reveals Massive Fentanyl Haul That Sends Washington Man to Prison for More Than…

Lucille McNamara Aug 22, 2025

A 28-year-old Washington man has been sentenced to more than seven years in federal prison after a traffic accident in Oregon led investigators to uncover a large stash of fentanyl. Jesus Paul Zazueta of Yakima was ordered this week to…

Business

Oregon Employers Warned as AI ‘Frankencandidates’ Use Deepfakes and Fake Resumes to Land Jobs

Lucille McNamara Aug 21, 2025

In a world full of bots, hiring a real human is something one can no longer take for granted. This is the ominous warning by an expert reacting to the AI bot surge in the Oregon job market. ‘Frankencandidates’ Use AI to Generate…

Crime & Courts

Oregon Woman Who Left Her Son’s Corpse in a Bedroom for Five Months Is Sentenced to Prison

Lucille McNamara Aug 21, 2025

Eric Lappin died in May 2024, but his corpse remained in a bedroom for another five months while his mother, Melissa Lappin (44) of Beaverton, collected his state benefits amounting to nearly $24,000. Eric Lappin was 26 when he died. He…

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