A 38-year old Prineville man escaped injury in an early Monday morning crash when he swerved to avoid a deer, lost control of his SUV, hit a large rock, and flipped the vehicle on its side, deputies reported. In response to a report of a single vehicle rollover, Crook County Sheriff’s deputies were called to the intersection of Alfalfa Road and Shumway Road about 5:45 a.m. on October 30, Sgt. Jim Chapman said. The driver ... [full story]

Bank Robbery and High Speed Chase result in Life Sentences for Career Criminal PORTLAND, Ore. -- Michael Baird Jordan, 68, received two mandatory consecutive life sentences today for armed bank robbery and use of a firearm in relation to a crime of violence. U.S. District Judge Anna J. Brown imposed the sentences under the federal “three-strikes” law, which requires life imprisonment for commission of a serious violent felony after two or more convictions for other ... [full story]

The Oregon Department of Human Services has learned it will receive a $1.2 million federal grant to support persons living with HIV/AIDS who have a co-occurring mental illness. DHS is one of four applicants nationwide to be selected for funding by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The three-year competitive grant is through HUD's Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS (HOPWA) program. The DHS proposal was awarded as a special project of national ... [full story]

BLS Commitment To Sustain Tax Rates While Building New Schools Reflected On Statements There was good news for thousands of Deschutes County residents in the Bend, Sunriver, and La Pine areas that opened their county tax statements this month – their tax rate for Bend-La Pine Schools (BLS) went down.“We knew that through careful planning and strategic fiscal investments we could sustain or reduce the current tax rate our community is investing in Bend-La Pine ... [full story]

Redmond police announced yesterday the arrest of three persons - an adult and two 17-year-old boys - in connection with several burglaries that took place in late 2006 at a local cinema and a bank, and an auto theft and home break-in in the Tumalo area on Monday.  The suspects have been linked to other cases, police said, and additional charges may be possible.   Austin Tyrell Gibson - DCJ photoRedmond Cinemas was burglarized on October ... [full story]

Redmond Police announced yesterday that two arrests were made in connection with graffiti at the Redmond High School, Hugh Hartman Campus, and most recently the Albertson’s supermarket. Ivan Jesus Gomez, 19, and a 15-year-old boy were issued citations and released from custody, Captain Brian McNaughton reported.  “Patrol Officers from Redmond PD identified a suspect in the Albertson’s case and their investigation revealed that the suspect was also involved in the high school vandalism,” said the captain. ... [full story]

TORONTO -- Former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney has been accused by a man in Toronto of trying to cover up $300,000 in cash payments Mulroney received from him.The charge emerged Tuesday night in a Canadian Broadcasting Corp., interview with Karlheinz Schreiber, who is in jail awaiting extradition to Germany on tax evasion and fraud charges.He alleged he gave envelopes full of cash to Mulroney in 1993 and 1994 three times in hotel rooms in ... [full story]

PEORIA, Ill. -- A Peoria, Ill., student with micro braids and maroon highlights was sent home and barred from returning to her middle school until she changes her hair style.Shawnterya Carter, 12, recently had her hair put into the braids and highlights added. She was subsequently confronted by her school principal, who said the color was inappropriate and she wouldn't be allowed to return until the maroon is gone, the Peoria Journal Star reported Wednesday."I ... [full story]

MANCHESTER, England -- A British man convicted of setting up a pedophile ring has been found guilty in the 1999 death of his girlfriend.Fred Lawlor was convicted in Manchester Crown Court of stabbing Dorothy Carre to death, The Daily Telegraph reported Wednesday.Lawlor buried Carre's body under the cellar of her home, where it remained until its discovery in March of this year.The man had convictions in 1981 and 1987 related to violence against women.After Carre's ... [full story]

GALVESTON, Texas -- Police in Galveston, Texas, were trying Wednesday to learn the identity of a female toddler whose body was found in a container that washed up from the bay.A fisherman spotted the plastic container on a tiny island along the Intracoastal waterway Tuesday and called the Galveston County Sheriff's office.Spokesman Maj. Ray Tuttoilmondo would release few details other than to say the child had blonde hair that went to the middle of her ... [full story]