Jackson County Oregon News

JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. — In light of the increasing number of motor vehicle break-ins at local recreation area parking lots, the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) warned the public to take precautions in recreation areas. JCSO…

MEDFORD, Ore. — Medford Police and Medford Fire, responding to a serious crash at the intersection of Stewart Avenue and Maple Grove Drive at about 1:44 a.m. on Easter Monday morning, came upon a vehicle with three occupants. A male…

ASHLAND, Ore. — A 34-year-old Ashland resident, James David Lee Hergett, faces charges including kidnapping and sex abuse and was granted $750K bail yesterday arising from two incidents in downtown Ashland after holding a man captive on…

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has pulled the plug on its Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program, rescinding $882 million and impacting at least two Southern Oregon city projects. The…

ASHLAND, Ore. — Put the Phone Away or Pay is the slogan of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) campaign during its Distracted Driving Awareness Month in April. Ashland Police Department, together with other law…

MEDFORD, Ore. — Following a two-month investigation, two Eagle Point cocaine dealers, 55-year-old Ulysses Timothy Chappel III and 52-year-old Stacy Lyn Cramer, were arrested on April 3 by Medford Area Drug and Gang Enforcement team (MADGE)…

MEDFORD, Ore. — Following the 21 plaintiffs who launched lawsuits seeking $348 Million, two new lawsuits against Asante and Dani Marie Schofield, their former nurse accused of diverting fentanyl and replacing it with tap water, were filed…

MEDFORD, Ore. — Founded 70 years ago in 1955, the Eugene Emeralds Baseball Club has pitched their relocation to a new stadium to Medford’s Mayor and City Council on Wednesday, April 9. The minor-league Eugene Emeralds presented its…

MEDFORD, Ore. — A homeless Medford man, Steven Perron, 56, was sentenced to 40 months in prison after pleading guilty to arson in the Butane Hash Oil (BHO) explosion inside his tent at the Rogue Retreat Crossings homeless shelter last fall.…

MEDFORD, Ore. — Responding to reports of a head-on motor vehicle collision at Crater Lake Hwy/Justice Road yesterday, the Medford Police Department (MPD) established that one of the drivers, a 56-year-old male from Albany, Oregon, had…