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Eugene Man Sentenced to Probation After Threatening on Facebook to Emulate School Shooter Kip Kinkel
EUGENE, Ore. — A Eugene man who threatened to become the next Kip Kinkel- the school shooter who killed two classmates and injured 25 in a Springfield, Oregon high school in 1998, Jeffrey Alan Voss, 31, was sentenced to a five-year term of…
Eugene Resident Punched in the Face by Two Men Setting off Mortars During the Early Hours of the…
EUGENE, Ore. — Two men who were setting off mortars in a Eugene neighborhood during the early hours of yesterday (Monday) morning attacked a resident after he confronted them with a bat.
The incident unfolded when Central Lane 911…
Eugene’s Wesley Methodist Church Vandalized with Thousands in Damage as Police Hunt Suspect
EUGENE, Ore. — Thousands of dollars of music equipment and religious artifacts were severely damaged, and excrement was left in the worship area in an act of vandalism at the Wesley United Methodist Church in Eugene early yesterday morning.…
Oregon Woman Accused of Setting Boyfriend’s Home on Fire and Stealing Witness’s Debit Card
A woman accused of setting fire to the Crescent Meadows home of her boyfriend’s parents in Eugene last summer, then allegedly stole a debit card from a witness to the arson.
She was on Bail and Wearing an Ankle Monitor
Jasmine…
Eugene Police Arrest Two Teenagers Shooting at Cars With Lifelike Airsoft Gun
EUGENE, Ore. — Responding to reports of teenage boys shooting at passing cars passing a downtown parking garage on Tuesday just before 9:30 a.m., Eugene Police Department (EPD) officers arrested the pair.
They found a realistic-looking…
Eugene School District Signs Up To Oppose Trump’s New DEI Policies In Schools
The Eugene School District has joined a lawsuit opposing the U.S. Department of Education's new race-based policies under the Trump administration.
It is the first school district to do so following the issue of a letter to colleagues…
Teen Driver Kills Eugene Pedestrian in Highway 99 Crash, OSP Investigates
Oregon State Police (OSP) responding to a vehicle versus pedestrian crash on Highway 99, near milepost 3, in Lane County on Sunday discovered a pedestrian, Gary Dale Obert (54) of Eugene, in the roadway. Obert was declared deceased at the…
Oregon Rapper ‘i5dap’ Indicted for Attempted Murder After Eugene Nightclub Incident
A Portland rapper, Desmond Boris Washington (39), has been indicted on charges of attempted murder and assault following a shooting in a Eugene nightclub last December.
Washington was found guilty in the Lane County Circuit Court on…
Ex-Employee Turned Robber: Oregon Man Jailed for 25 Years After Crime Spree
EUGENE, Ore. — A Eugene man, Lonnie Huddleston, 37, a former employee of the Everyone's Market convenience store on Barger Drive, was sentenced on Friday to 25 years in prison for armed robberies at several convenience stores committed…
Oregon Wood Treatment Plant Violated Hazardous Waste and Clean Air Regulations
The J.H. Baxter group of companies will pay $1.5 million in criminal fines after the president, George Baxter-Krause, pleaded guilty to violating hazardous waste and the Clean Air Act at its wood treatment plant in Eugene.
According to a…