Lucille McNamara

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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Latest from Lucille McNamara

  1. Crime & Courts

    Teen Killed and Another Man Injured in Grants Pass Shooting, Suspect Arrested Hours Later

    A teenager lost his life, and a 24-year-old man was seriously injured in a shooting in the 800 block of NE E Street, Grants Pass, early on Wednesday evening.

  2. Crime & Courts

    Florida Man Pleads Guilty After Elderly Oregon Victim Loses $40,000 in Cross-Country Bank Scam

    The Portland Police Bureau (PPB) was involved in a California-based investigation following a fraud scam in which bank employees were impersonated, netting at least one…

  3. News

    Oregon Approves $21 Million for Child Care but Demand Tops $255 Million Across the State

    Despite an allocation of nearly $21 million in grants for 61 childcare infrastructure projects across 28 Oregon counties, the amount falls woefully short of the $255…

  4. News

    Oregon Attorney Fined 10,000 Dollars for Filing AI Generated Brief With Bogus Citations

    A Salem civil attorney has been fined $10,000 for signing an AI-generated legal brief containing bogus information obtained by his paralegal.

  5. Crime & Courts

    Klamath Falls Lab Owner Detained After Allegedly Billing 46 Million Dollars for Tests Never Performed

    The owner of Oregon Clinical Laboratory in Klamath Falls, who allegedly fraudulently billed Medicare Advantage insurance plans for more than $46 million for tests never…

  6. News

    Invasive Freshwater Quagga Mussels Found Attached to a Watercraft at the Ashland Boat Inspection Station

    Invasive quagga freshwater mussels were discovered on a motorboat that entered Oregon last Friday. They were destroyed, and the watercraft was decontaminated by the…

  7. Crime & Courts

    Oregon Man Gets Life Sentence After Shooting Parents as They Slept

    “Too much fighting and too much drinking” prompted 59-year-old Christopher Allan Turner to murder his elderly parents, resulting in his life imprisonment sentence on…

  8. Crime & Courts

    Fentanyl Discovered During Cell Search at Oregon’s Largest Prison, Officer Sent to Hospital

    A Snake River Correctional Institution officer was admitted to the hospital last Thursday after suspected exposure to fentanyl while conducting a cell search.