CRIME & SAFETY
Benton County sheriff’s deputies investigating found body as possible hit and run incident
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Sheriffs’ deputies are investigating the body of an unidentified 29-year-old woman that was found near Highway 20 this week as a possible hit and run incident, according to the Benton County Sheriff’s Office. BCSO officials said that the incident occurred on Highway 20 near...
Ex-officer accused in 2 murders dead, child in Amber Alert safe after I-5 standoff
This story was updated at 8:40 p.m. A former Washington police officer suspected of killing his ex-wife and a teenage girl and kidnapping a 1-year-old child before fleeing to Oregon is dead after a standoff Tuesday on Interstate 5 in Eugene, according to Oregon police. ...
Noti man jailed after allegedly attacking man with metal post
NOTI, Ore. – A man is in the Lane County Jail after allegedly beating a man unconscious with a metal post, according to the Lane County Sheriff’s Office. According to the LCSO, on April 22 a man called them to report that a man had beaten him unconscious with a metal T-post the night before, leaving him with severe injuries. Deputies said they spoke with the victim, then visited the alleged site of the assault on Poodle Creek Road and found evidence confirming the victim’s account. Deputies also said they found the suspect in the assault, identified as Timothy Leon Shafer, 54, trespassing on the property along with Ana Maria Teresa Glica, 47, and another man.
‘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.
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...
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