By Salem Reporter
Judge reduces sentences for brothers convicted as teenagers in 1993 Salem killing
A Marion County Circuit Court judge on Monday lowered the sentences of twin brothers convicted of murdering an elderly couple in Salem in 1993 when they were teenagers. Lydell and Laycelle White were were each originally sentenced to nearly 67…
UPDATED: City council votes to accept body-worn camera funding for Salem police
This story was updated following the city council vote Monday night. Salem police could be wearing body cameras as soon as next year. The Salem City Council voted unanimously Monday night on accepting a grant from the state legislature to…
Educators highlight tribal government in new Salem community learning series
Salem-Keizer School District leaders want to move learning beyond the classroom. The district is hosting its first “Community Learning Session” Monday evening focused on the historical relationship between the U.S. government and tribal governments. It will run from 6-7:30 p.m.…
AGENDA: Salem City Council meets Monday to consider new ward boundaries, body camera funding
Salem City Council Chambers. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) The Salem City Council meets Monday to accept millions of dollars approved during this year’s legislative session, an agreement to construct a new pump in Turner and new ward boundaries. AGENDA Councilors will…
Oregon transportation officials already at work planning to spend new billions
Crews pour concrete on an exit bridge on Interstate 5 in south of Ashland in August 2021. Oregon is getting $268 million for more bridge work. (Oregon Department of Transportation) SALEM – Travis Brouwer had given up on Congress Friday…
Democrats in Oregon delegation applaud infrastructure passage, lone Republican silent
Much of Oregon’s Congressional delegation sees nothing but good news for the state in the passage of the federal infrastructure legislation. The U.S. House on Friday passed the $1.2 trillion package to fix roads, airports, railways and broadband across the…
Oregon attorney general leads call to end Trump exemptions for religious schools
Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum and 18 other state attorney generals are seeking to eliminate Trump-era measures that relaxed anti-discrimination rules for religious schools. Three Oregon students are among the plaintiffs and one private university in Salem is intervening to…
Time capsule opening recalls life at Leslie Junior High 50 years ago
Dale Blanchard, center, a Leslie Middle School seventh grade student in 1971, unloads a time capsule from 1971 that he and his classmates created at Leslie Middle School on Friday, Nov. 5, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) It was easy to…
Teen arrested after shooting Thursday night, no injuries reported
A 15-year-old boy was arrested Thursday night after police say he fired shots behind an AMPM convenience store. Around 9:30 p.m. Thursday, patrol officers with the Salem Police Department responded to a call reporting shots fired behind the store in…
Pringle Elementary tagged with graffiti opposing vaccines, critical race theory
Graffiti found at Pringle Elementary the morning of Nov. 5, 2021 read “NO CRT”, “NO VAC” and “LEAVE OUR KIDS ALONE” (Courtesy photo) A southeast Salem elementary school was tagged with graffiti opposing vaccines and critical race theory late Thursday…