CRIME & SAFETY
Cougar shot, killed in Ashland after attacking, consuming animals
ASHLAND, Ore. – A Cougar has been shot and killed after attacking multiple animals near Siskiyou School on Clay Street. According to Ashland Police, an OSP Fish and Game trooper shot and killed the cougar after officers found evidence it had attacked and consumed multiple wild animals Thursday afternoon. APD told NBC5 the cougar had also attacked a cat while it was outside with its owner earlier in the day.
Authorities: Ashland cougar was a ‘textbook case’ for lethal removal
Woman used a tomato plant to drive off the attacker; cat did not survive. A woman was walking her cat on a leash Thursday morning near Glendale Avenue when a cougar attacked the cat. The woman hit the cougar with a tomato plant, which apparently drove it away, according to the dispatch notes available, Ashland police Chief Tighe O’Meara told Ashland.news.
Raid on Grants Pass home turns up 13 guns, illegal drugs, cash
GRANTS PASS, Ore. – The Rogue Area Drug Enforcement (RADE) team in collaboration with the DEA Medford office executed a search warrant at a home in the 1800 block of NW Burns Avenue Thursday. During the raid, officers found 13 guns, three of which were stolen, and approximately $35,ooo...
Firefighters battle massive structure fire
SHADY COVE, Ore. -- Firefighters have contained a large structure fire on Pine Top Terrace in Shady Cove, according to a news release from the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office. JCSO deputies responded to a house fire around D evening at 8:21 p.m, the release said. Firefighters from Jackson County...
Heat lamp causes fire at Jacksonville cannabis drying facility, injures one
JACKSONVILLE, Ore. – A heat lamp used to warm a chicken coop is responsible for starting a fire inside a cannabis drying facility on Hueners Lane on Wednesday afternoon. According to the Medford Rural Fire District, the initial call came in around 4:30 p.m. It was followed by multiple calls reporting a structure had caught fire.
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