Bethel School District hosts farewell event for Shasta Middle School
EUGENE, Ore. - Bethel School District is hosting a celebration to honor Shasta Middle School before it closes at the end of the school year. The event will take place May 21 from 4:30 to 7 p.m. at the school on Barger Drive. Students, families, alumni, former staff and neighbors are invited to attend.
Oregon Rainmakers: Talking about the bike industry with the owners of Bicycle Way of...
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UPDATE: Stolen vehicle involved in hit-and-run crash in High Street bikeway
This story has been updated with additional information from Eugene police. Eugene police blocked all traffic Wednesday, May 20, at High Street and 15th Avenue while investigating a hit-and-run collision that injured a bicyclist. The collision took place at 1:28 p.m. and involved a stolen truck later found in a...
High Street hit-and-run leaves bicyclist injured; police search for two suspects
A truck going east on E. 15th Avenue hit a cyclist going south on High Street on Wednesday at approximately 1:30 p.m., fleeing the scene after injuring the cyclist. The cyclist was transported to PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center RiverBend hospital with unknown injuries. After fleeing the scene, the driver abando
Man Charged with Public Indecency
A special needs man is being charged with a misdemeanor after allegedly exposing himself to people at Alton Baker Park in Eugene on Monday afternoon.
University of Oregon graduate student arrested on fugitive warrant from Washington
A University of Oregon graduate student was arrested May 19 and booked into the Lane County Jail on a fugitive warrant from Benton County, Washington. Jerdil Castillo, 31, was arrested by a U.S. Marshal at the MarAbel B. Frohnmayer Music Building on campus, where he works as a graduate employee, for failure to appear f
Eugene police warn gold bar scam can cost victims hundreds of thousands
EUGENE, Ore. — A national gold bar scam has hit the Eugene area, the Eugene Police Department said - and they are urging citizens to not fall for it. According to police, the scammers contact their potential victims, often elderly people, through phone or email and notify them their bank account or computer was hacked,
‘Skyline 7’ member pleads guilty to burglarizing homes of Asian people
Derinson Martinez-Grandas, 34, pleaded guilty to conspiring with six others to burglarize the homes of Asian American business owners in Oregon and Washington. Martinez-Grandas, a Colombian national, is the fourth member of a group deemed the " Skyline 7 " by the Eugene Police Department to plead guilty to the crime. T
Eugene Police confirm hit-and-run truck was stolen; suspects wore masks and black hoodies
EUGENE, Ore. — The Eugene Police Department advised motorists Wednesday afternoon to avoid the area near 15th Avenue and High Street due to a crash between a vehicle and a pedestrian. At 1:28 p.m. on May 20, a bicyclist was riding south on High Street in the bicycle lane...
After fourth bicyclist death this year, Eugene officials discuss safety plans
To commemorate traffic death victims and discuss safety plans, over 100 people gathered at Rosetta Place Park on Wednesday morning, just a few blocks from where a car struck and killed a biker, David Winston Morris, earlier this month. Eugene Mayor Kaarin Knudson spoke about the progress already made on...
