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Chef Distro remembers the first meal he made for himself. He was 6 years old, and his mom was going out for the night. She told him to fix his own dinner. "I cooked some pancakes and eggs, and I fried some mush meat in the pan, and then I had some cookies," he said. "I made that all for myself, and after that, I just...

SWEET HOME, Ore. (KATU) — A mobile home in Sweet Home is a total loss after a two-alarm fire Sunday morning. According to the Sweet Home Fire District, crews responded around 7:20 a.m. to the double-wide manufactured home and quickly called for a second alarm when they saw large plumes of smoke.

LANE COUNTY, Ore. - Lane County residents are being warned about a persistent scam targeting the community. According to the Lane County Sheriff's Office, scammers are posing as their employees and attempting to extract money or personal information. These scammers claim there are warrants, missed jury duty, or legal...

FLORENCE, Ore. - Charges against a Florence man who lost his arm in a homemade grenade incident have been dismissed. David Ray Allen faced charges of unlawful possession and manufacturing of a destructive device after attempting to throw a grenade at car prowlers. Lane County prosecutors filed a motion to dismiss the...

ApolloMD told Oregon lawmakers its new entity, Lane Emergency Physicians, will be owned and operated by a doctor from Illinois. In a letter responding to requests for information about how ApolloMD, the corporation awarded a contract to staff PeaceHealth emergency rooms in Eugene, Cottage Grove and Florence, would be...

Older women in Oregon are reporting significantly higher levels of financial insecurity than men, according to a new report from AARP. The survey found fewer than half of women over 50 feel confident they will have enough money to live comfortably in retirement. Women between the ages of 50 and 64 reported some of...

EUGENE, Ore. - A late-night fire on Friday left a mobile home in ruins at Midway Manor mobile home park, according to Eugene-Springfield Fire officials. ESF authorities said the blaze displaced one person but resulted in no injuries. A neighbor speculated that an unattended lit candle may have ignited the fire, with...

A 60-year-old man was sentenced Friday, March 6, to 22 months in prison after pleading guilty to an attempted robbery of a Springfield bank. Andrew Boaden McKissack was arrested after an Aug. 21 report that a man demanded money from employees at the Wells Fargo bank at 1600 Centennial Blvd.

EUGENE, Ore. — Two people were arrested Saturday following an incident that took place inside - and outside - of a vehicle, the Eugene Police Department reports. At 11:24 p.m. on March 7, 911 received a call from a man reporting he was on top of a Toyota Camry going down Echo Hollow Road. The driver, 27-year-old Ryan...

LANE COUNTY, Ore. — After 8 years of service at the Lane County Sheriff's Office (LCSO), K9 Hektor is hanging up his leash. With more than 200 deployments under his collar, LCSO says that Hektor's impact on the community is nothing short of a dog-gone job well done. Behind...