A Marion County Sheriff’s Deputy, enroute to a reported physical dispute with his car’s emergency lights and siren activated, was killed in a crash with a vehicle that crossed the centerline and hit him head-on Saturday night.  A 19-year old Woodburn man, one of three occupants in the involved vehicle, died of his injuries Sunday morning.   Marion County Sheriff's Deputy Kelly Fredinburg (inset) and a passenger of the other vehicle involved in a head-on crash were ... [full story]

Police suspect alcohol and speeding may have contributed to the death of a 51-year old Scotts Mills man who was killed when his SUV crashed into a power pole near Highway 213 south of Molalla Sunday evening, landing upside down off the road.   A Scotts Mills man was killed when his Jeep crashed into a power pole and landed upsidedown south of Molalla Sunday evening - OSP photo Oregon State Police report that about 8:30 p.m., ... [full story]

An Oregon State Police trooper escaped serious injury early Monday morning when his car was dragged over 2,000 feet after he crashed into the rear of a semi truck and trailer that changed lanes abruptly in front of him on Interstate-5 north of Ashland as he was pursuing a speeding vehicle.   OSP Trooper Chris Walker luckily received only minor injuries when his patrol car became lodged under a semi truck & trailer and was dragged about ... [full story]

A 20-year old La Pine man was arrested Saturday when a raid on his home and vehicle resulted in the seizure of two homemade bombs, plus schematics and bomb-making parts, deputies reported.   Daniel Jay Cole - DCJ photo Daniel Jay Cole of 54688 Wolf Street, La Pine, was lodged in the Deschutes County Jail after being taken into custody without incident, Deschutes County Sheriff’s Lt. Kevin Dizney with the criminal detective division reported in a news release. Detectives ... [full story]

A suspected thief abandoned a car stolen from Bend after getting the vehicle high-centered and stuck on rocks following a police pursuit through Redmond and onto a gravel and dirt road leading out of town early Sunday morning, deputies reported. The stolen vehicle, a 1995 Dodge Intrepid, failed to yield to emergency lights about 4:15 a.m. June 17 when a Deschutes County Sheriff’s deputy attempted a traffic stop for traveling the wrong way on SW Glacier ... [full story]

A 36-year old woman from Crooked River Ranch was seriously injured and airlifted to the hospital Saturday afternoon in a car versus motorcycle collision when a car pulled out in front of her Harley Davidson near Terrebonne, deputies reported. Deschutes County Sheriff’s deputies and Redmond Fire personnel responded to the scene at NW Lower Bridge Way and NW 31st Street about 4:40 p.m., June 16, Deputy Kyle Joye and Sgt. Chad Davis wrote in a ... [full story]

Residents within a 400-foot radius of a natural gas line that was accidentally ruptured by construction workers in southwest Redmond Saturday morning were evacuated for about four hours while repairs were made, police reported. Redmond Police Officer Jonny Dickson said the rupture at the intersection of SW 27th Street and SW Wickiup Avenue was reported shortly after 7:30 a.m., June 16.  Police and fire units responded to the area, and the residents were evacuated. A ... [full story]

Two young men were arrested early Friday and charged with second-degree burglary after deputies saw them running across the street carrying property allegedly stolen from a nearby garage.   Abel Carrillo (left), and David Brito (right) - CCJ photos Abel Carrillo, 21, of Prineville, and 19-year old David Brito of Madras were taken into custody and lodged in the Crook County Jail about 12:40 a.m. June, 15, Sgt. Russ Wright reported in a news release. Crook County ... [full story]

MEMPHIS - Two more people died Sunday, raising the death toll to six from an accident involving a drag racing car at a Tennessee charity event. Four were reported dead Saturday night and another three were reported dead earlier Sunday -- but the Tennessee Highway Patrol revised that figure downward to two later in the day, The Memphis-Commercial Appeal reported. The professional drag racer lost control of the vehicle and slammed into a crowd attending ... [full story]

NORTH CANTON, Ohio - An Ohio woman who is nine-months pregnant was missing Sunday, two days after her mother found her 2-year-old son home alone. Jessie Marie Davis, 26 Stark County Sheriff Tim Swanson said Jessie Marie Davis, 26, of North Canton was last heard from Wednesday when she talked to her mother, Patty Porter, by cell phone, Fox News reported Sunday. Porter discovered her daughter was missing Friday when she went to her ... [full story]