Saphara Harrell - Salem Reporter
Keizer’s Holiday Light Parade expected to dazzle tens of thousands
The Keizer Holiday Lights Parade starts at 7 p.m. Saturday on North River Road. (Courtesy/ Keizer Police Department) The Holiday Lights Parade is nearly here, and organizers are expecting more people at the event with the recent opening of burger…
Need a Christmas ornament? Head into the forest.
Ornaments are hidden on trails throughout the Willamette National Forest until Jan. 1. (Courtesy Willamette Valley Visitors Association) Want to join a scavenger hunt? Look no further than Salem’s backyard. Until the new year, hikers will have a chance to…
EVENTS: Area’s biggest holiday parade features bands, floats and more
Keizer Holiday Lights Parade is on Saturday at 7 p.m. (Courtesy Keizer Police Department) Wednesday A joyful tribute to the holiday season, ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas follows the wild adventures of a mouse, an elf and a spunky little…
Your bus will take control of traffic lights to stay on time in Salem
A Cherriots bus on State Street outside the Oregon Capitol (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Salem’s public transit system is getting up to speed. Come next year, fewer Cherriots buses will be delayed, and riders will have the ability to check the…
Salem seniors rescued from loneliness as volunteers drop in to chat
Connie Hayworth, right, plays cards with Emma Langford, center, and Julie Nibler, left. (Saphara Harrell/Salem Reporter) Connie Hayworth is thankful for her infectious personality, which has helped get other residents at Salem Transitional Care out of their rooms and social…
October crime, fire service data for Salem now available
(Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Salem Reporter is continuing to publish monthly call data from public safety agencies in Marion County. This is a snapshot of October numbers compared to the same time last year. The data came from the Salem Police…
Police identify pedestrian killed near Riverfront Park
Police have identified Salem resident Rodric Kenyon Drolshagen, 72, as the man hit and killed in a crosswalk on Northeast Front Street Wednesday morning. Drolshagen was crossing the street with his dog when a black Ford Explorer hit him leaving…
Pedestrian killed while crossing Front Street near Riverfront Park
UPDATE 1:44 p.m.: Roads are open following the crash. Original story below. A Salem resident died while trying to cross Front Street in front of Riverfront Park just before 11 a.m. Wednesday, according to Salem Police Department. Northbound Northeast Front…
PHOTOS: Christmas tree lighting at the Capitol
Jeremiah Gonzalez points to the train display at the Oregon State Capitol Tuesday. (Saphara Harrell/Salem Reporter) Cheers filled the Oregon State Capitol Tuesday as the 30-foot-tall Noble fir lit up in front of the crowd’s eyes. When the Christmas tree…
For years she’s been trying to get on Jeopardy! Her episode airs Wednesday.
Davita Curtis with Alex Trebek on Jeopardy! (Courtesy/ Kelly Thomas) When Davita Curtis walked across the polished floors of the Jeopardy! stage in Culver City, California, she kept thinking: “Don’t slip.” Curtis, 56, had spent years trying to get on…