Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said in Portland on Friday he will continue to press for “common-sense gun legislation” to keep children safe and reduce the level of gun-related violence in the wake of the latest mass school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.
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A Crook County property owner on Friday reported receiving a phone call from a person who identified as a member of law enforcement from the “Powell Butte Police Department” — which doesn’t exist.
Continue ReadingMYRTLE CREEK, Ore. (AP) — A Douglas County Sheriff’s Office deputy shot and killed a man south of Roseburg on Wednesday, Oregon State Police said. Deputies went to a residence in Myrtle Creek at about 8 a.m. Wednesday to investigate a domestic violence complaint, The World reported. Spencer Heckathorne, 60, had fled but probable cause
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — U.S. authorities say they stopped a small boat carrying a large shipment of methamphetamine after they saw it riding low in the water near the Canadian border with Washington state. U.S. Customs and Border Protection said officers stopped the 18-foot (5.5-meter) Bayliner speedboat in the San Juan Islands on Wednesday as it
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– A 41-year-old Prineville man has been sentenced to nearly 11 years in prison after a jury convicted him of rape and other charges in an assault on a 17-year-old girl earlier this year, Crook County District Attorney Kari Hathorn said Thursday.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A jury in Portland has convicted a self-published romance novelist — who once wrote an essay titled “How to Murder Your Husband” — of fatally shooting her husband four years ago. The jury of seven women and five men found Nancy Crampton Brophy, 71, guilty of second-degree murder Wednesday after deliberating
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A 7-year-old Redmond girl supposedly discovered a small bag of drugs on her front yard where she was playing.
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Gov. Kate Brown on Tuesday ordered all flags at Oregon public institutions to be flown at half-staff until sunset on Saturday, May 28, in honor and remembrance of the victims of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.
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By ACACIA CORONADO and JIM VERTUNO Associated Press UVALDE, Texas (AP) — An 18-year-old gunman opened fire Tuesday at a Texas elementary school, killing at least 19 children as he went from classroom to classroom, officials said, in the deadliest school shooting in nearly a decade and the latest gruesome moment for a country scarred
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum announced Tuesday a $19.2 million multistate settlement with Ford Motor Company regarding claims that Ford falsely advertised the real-world fuel economy of Model Year 2013–2014 C-Max hybrids and the maximum payload capacity of MY 2011–2014 Super Duty trucks. The investigation was led by the Oregon Department
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A Bend woman who learned from a neighbor that her children’s stolen longboard skateboards were up for sale online led to a Bend Police sting operation and the arrest of a 32-year-old Bend man, officers said Friday.
Continue Reading A Bend man was arrested on theft and other charges early Friday, accused of cutting off a lock and stealing a BMX bike from the back of a vehicle and riding away, police said.
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The Oregon Department of Human Services Child Welfare Division said Monday that a missing Bend 16-year-old in foster care who was “believed to be in danger” has been found.
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A Redmond man was sentenced Thursday to a 13-month prison term in a fatal drugged-driving hit-and-run crash that killed a 90-year-old Redmond man who was crossing a downtown street in November of 2020.
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A judge on Thursday reset for early next year the two murder trials of Randall Kilby, accused of fatally assaulting a woman on Christmas Day 2020 and killing two brothers he was sharing a home with the following March.
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The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center recently issued a warning about a rise in payment scams. Victims appear to get a text message from a bank’s fraud alert department. The text asks if the customer initiated an instant money transfer using digital payment apps connected to a bank. For example, a text may say- Bank
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Law enforcement activity Sunday night closed a five-mile stretch of U.S. Highway 20E, starting about a dozen miles east of Bend, for about two hours, and ODOT had a detour in place until it was lifted.
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A Warm Springs man pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court to the 2020 sexual assault of a woman on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, federal prosecutors said.
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A transient sought in connection with a Deschutes County 911 call threatening an unnamed Sisters school earlier this month has been arrested at a Beaverton car dealership, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said Tuesday.
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By GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Criminal defendants in Oregon who have gone without legal representation for long periods of time amid a critical shortage of public defense attorneys filed a lawsuit Monday that alleges the state violated their constitutional right to legal counsel and a speedy trial. The complaint, which seeks
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