Marion County

Emergency personnel from the Salem Police Department responded to reports of a train crash on the railroad tracks near the intersection of 22nd ST & Claxter RD NE at approximately 11:30 a.m. on Sunday. Samuel Lewis Hecocta, 35, of…

Salem police and the Fire Department are investigating the suspicious death of a 38-year-old man whose body was found in an apartment fire in the early hours of Saturday morning. Emergency crew arrived at the 1100 block of Chemeketa…

A Mexican, who came to the U.S. five years ago to make a better life for himself, was yesterday (Thursday) sentenced to two years and nine months in federal prison for transporting a ‘massive’ haul of drugs. Misael Cruz-Barrales (23) was…

Dressed in prison garb when he made his escape by walking away from a prison work crew and jumping onto a downtown Salem bus, T.J. Harvey Bennett was rearrested in Portland on Sunday. Bennett (44) was imprisoned at the Santiam…

A Portland-based tow truck company has been fined $1.185 million following an assault by a previous company manager on a man who he believed had illegally parked in a disabled zone. Curtis Bunch (62) told the Multnomah County Circuit…

UPDATE: Wells Fargo Lays Off More Than 700 Oregon Employees Wells Fargo is pulling out of its three Oregon Global Operations business branches, placing the jobs of 1,035 employees in jeopardy. The bank has announced that it will…

The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) that paid $375 million to a Colorado-based contractor who provided surge staffing and mobile vaccination clinics during the COVID-19 pandemic is suing for $7.4 million back for accidental overpayments.…

An Oregon jeweler who stole nearly a million dollars from customers and robbed his elderly father of his life savings has been sentenced to 20 years in jail. The jail term is severe for a financial crime but is in keeping with the scope…

SALEM. Ore. — The Marion County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) released a report confirming that they responded to a 911 call reporting that a juvenile had been shot in the early hours of Sunday, June 23, 2024. Deputies were dispatched shortly…

SALEM, Ore — The Oregon Court of Appeals has ruled against overturning a Harney County Circuit Court judge ruling that has placed gun control Measure 114 on ice. Law Violates the Right to Bear Arms The Eastern Oregon Judge,…