Lane County

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…

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…

A Springfield father allegedly stabbed and assaulted his daughter’s 27-year-old boyfriend last Saturday morning. Police visited the boyfriend at the McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center and found that he had been stabbed, had two front…

Lane County sheriff’s deputies arrested a Cottage Grove man, Ron Cameron Boss, Jr., on Thursday. Boss allegedly assaulted two men, instructing his pit bull to bite one of them. Court records indicate that Boss was intoxicated and…

On Wednesday, Travis William Crum, 57, charged with the Lane County murder of 73-year-old Stephen Perry Bream in 2021, was found guilty and sentenced to life in the care of the Psychiatric Security Review Board. The Lane County Sheriff’s…

A Cottage Grove caregiver, Ashley Wright-Grable, 34, accused of stealing money from a 91-year-old patient between October 2023 and June 2024, has been sentenced to 30 days in jail yesterday. Court documents indicate that Wright-Grable,…

Kevin Glen Whiting (59) of Springfield has been charged with two counts of first-degree aggravated theft in the Lane County Circuit Court, according to court records. His court appearance follows a string of incidents in which Whiting…

The husband of a woman who died of a fentanyl-methamphetamine overdose in the Lane County Jail has brought a $5 million lawsuit against the county. Her Death was an Unnecessary Tragedy Barbara Stillwell (59) was found close to…

A Springfield nurse, Cari Lin Mallette, who worked at  Marquis Care, a Springfield assisted living and rehabilitation facility, has appeared in the Lane County Circuit Court on claims that she took medication meant for patients at the…

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…