CRIME & SAFETY
Salem Motorcyclist Dies in Collision, Traffic Fatality Count Rises to 10 This Year
A motorcyclist met a fatal end in a collision in Salem, with authorities confirming the death of 32-year-old Zachary Hendrickson following an early morning crash on Wednesday, as KOIN reported. The incident, involving a motorcycle and a car on Commercial St. SE, drew immediate attention from bystanders and a police officer who provided aid, but Hendrickson succumbed to his injuries and was later pronounced dead by paramedics.
Salem Man Receives Life Sentence for 2022 Murder at Cornelius House Party
A tumultuous argument at a house party turned deadly landed a Salem man with a life sentence after the 2022 murder has finally seen a court's judgment. Cesar Yovanni Alvarez-Alcazar, 20 at the time of the crime, was handed down a life sentence on Tuesday for the murder of Jose Angel Rodriguez-Sanchez during a house party in Cornelius two years ago; this decision coming from a jury's verdict which held Alvarez-Alcazar guilty of escalating an argument to fatal violence, as KOIN reported.
Missing 14-year-old boy with a developmental disability found
SALEM Ore. (KPTV) - The missing 14-year-old boy with a developmental disability has been found. He is back home safe and unharmed as of 11:38 p.m. Monday. Police were searching north Salem Monday night after the teen walked away from his care home at about 5:40 p.m. The Marion County...
A look inside the Salem bomb squad and why it needs a new truck
Salem Police Sgt. Jonathan Hardy has been planning for — and dreaming — of a new bomb truck for nearly three years, but budgeting for a $350,000 piece of equipment is never easy, especially with cuts threatening services across the city. He and the police department understand the need now more than ever...
Lebanon firefighters respond swiftly to shed fire
LACOMB, Ore. – Firefighters responded to a shed fire in an unincorporated area of Linn County early on Tuesday, according to the Lebanon Fire District. Fire officials said that fire crews were dispatched to a structure fire at about 12:12 a.m. on April 23 in the 33000 block of Ford Mill Road. Initial reports described the incident as a shed containing livestock that was on fire and responding firefighters arrived to find a 20-by-30-foot shed that was fully involved in fire and spreading to a vehicle parked nearby, authorities said. District officials said that firefighters quickly knocked the fire down and prevented it from spreading to other vehicles parked nearby. The Lebanon Fire District responded to the incident with two engines, three water tenders, two ambulances, and a battalion chief vehicle, authorities said. District officials said that the Albany Fire Department provided community coverage for the district during the firefighters’ response.
Artist Feature: Annasia Johnson
The following pieces deal with themes of sexual assault. Its the anniversary of that stupid night and it crept on me. like the guilt that should be sleeping with you. The. anniversary of the rape and about two years too late. to report it to anyone who could care, if...
‘Boots on the ground’: OSU student firefighters tell tales from the wilderness
You’re covered in ash, barely seeing through the smoke. You’ve been touching scorched earth all day, searching for heat in the understory. You’re tired and running on MREs. But you’re out there, in the middle of action and you can’t help but enjoy the adrenaline rush.
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