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Neighbors question public benefit, impact as Spec Keene Stadium plans advance
Willamette University and Salem Baseball LLC plan to bring a baseball league to the central Salem stadium. Some neighbors are asking the city to reconsider.
Salem events from June 13-19: Juneteenth history walk, block party
This week’s events include a Father’s Day concert, Juneteenth celebrations and Powerland Heritage Park’s first-ever Train & Trolley Fest.
PART 3: Boy’s dream of leaving trouble behind dies in a gunfight with Salem police
PART 3: Salem police closed in on 16-year-old Bobby Brown, wanted for two shootings downtown. He leaned out of a car, fired at officers and was killed within seconds. The teen’s dream of escaping street life in Salem was over.
Barbie, Wonka showing at Movies in the Park this summer
Salem has announced its lineup of free movies that will be shown at Riverfront Park this summer: Barbie, Wonka, Elemental and Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire.
NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS: New park equipment, murals and other news around Salem neighborhoods for June 2024
Several Salem neighborhoods are planning summer block parties, and Northgate is gathering testimony in an effort to preserve a tree on the site of a proposed affordable housing development.
PART 2: Troubled teen ensnared in gang war that spills into downtown Salem
PART 2: In spring 2022, two downtown Salem shootings left a teenager bleeding from his head and a man in critical condition. Police suspected 16-year-old Bobby Brown was the shooter in both cases, setting off a search for him.
PHOTOS: Salem celebrates Pride
Saturday's pride celebration was full of color as hundreds gathered in downtown Salem for the city's first pride parade in decades.
BOBBY’S CHOICES PART 1: A teen boy’s descent into the Salem gang underworld
Bobby Brown was ready to graduate high school early. Instead, the 16-year-old boy was wanted for two daytime shootings downtown. He was killed in a shootout with Salem police officers.
PHOTOS: Roberts High School grads celebrate
More than 3,000 seniors in the Salem-Keizer School District earned diplomas this week. Students at Roberts High School and the teen parent program often overcome extra obstacles to get there.