4 September 2010, 12:22 am
Game day drinking times restricted Eugene police remind game-day drinkers that it’s OK to consume alcohol today in Autzen Stadium’s parking lots and in a number of private lots in the area from four hours before kickoff until the game ends. Before and after those times, public alcohol consumptio... Read More »
27 August 2010, 2:44 pm
Perhaps the strongest memory Jefferson County Fire Chief Jay Olson has of the seven-hour fight that spared the farming community of Gateway was how fire engines had to dodge big, heavy irrigation water wheels being pushed around by 45 mph winds feeding the smoke and flames.... Read More »
27 August 2010, 12:59 am
It’s been a bad week in court for Lane County corrections officers. Former Lane County sheriff’s deputy Patrick O’Neill pleaded guilty Thursday to felony criminal mistreatment for raiding the estate of his late mother and elderly, demented father. O’Neill, 45, was administrator of the estate... Read More »
24 August 2010, 6:10 pm
Bigger definitely doesn't mean better when it comes to customer satisfaction. read more... Read More »
24 August 2010, 5:55 pm
A Washington woman is being called a hero for helping to save an 11-month-old baby from a burning house. read more... Read More »
23 August 2010, 5:42 pm
Lt. Gregg Hastings, OSP spokesman, said a southbound Honda Accord left the freeway around 6:15 a.m. near Milepost 286, then crashed into a traffic-control reader-board sign. Witnesses told police that three people bolted from the car and ran into a wooded area west of the freeway.... Read More »
19 August 2010, 12:29 am
Save the Pets to host ‘Bath & Brew’ event Volunteers with the nonprofit Save The Pets organization will bathe friendly dogs on Saturday from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. while their owners lounge at the Eugene City Brewery. The Bow Wow Bath & Brew will take place at 844 Olive …... Read More »
18 August 2010, 5:58 pm
A murder case long delayed by the defendant’s scary jailhouse conduct ended abruptly Tuesday when a Lane County judge convicted Lloyd Ervin Austin IV of murdering a homeless acquaintance last August in a downtown Eugene park. James David Pelfrey, 36, bled to death minutes after Austin stabbed him ... Read More »
16 August 2010, 9:15 am
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) -- Retired Oregon State Police detective Cleve Veteto had a stellar 37-year career. But an unsolved 1960 murder haunted him until his Aug. 5 death, when he mentioned it to an old colleague. "The first thing Cleve said when he saw me was, What about Alice Lee?'?" Wolfe recounted thi... Read More »
15 August 2010, 12:46 am
Retired Oregon State Police Det. Cleve Veteto had a stellar 37-year career. Veteto, who died of cancer Aug. 5, solved more than 300 homicides. He launched the agency’s plainclothes, narcotics and organized crime units. He was Oregon’s Interpol liaison on international cases. But successes were n... Read More »