Category Public Safety
Police arrest boy, 16, in pool hall stabbings that killed 1, injured another
Salem police Thursday night arrested a 16-year-old suspect accused of the stabbings that sent two young men to Salem Hospital with critical injuries early that morning. One man, Isac S. Rizo, 21, died at the hospital.
No injuries after 30 shots fired into NE Salem home
Salem police are investigating a shooting early Thursday morning that damaged a home on Northeast Sherry Court but left no one injured. No suspect has been arrested.
Springfield man convicted of manslaughter for crash that killed 2 in SE Salem
A jury on Wednesday found Terrance Quackenbush-Benson was high on an inhalant when he caused a Sept. 16 crash that killed Blanca Franco-Ramos and Heriberto Rangel-Rangel.
Stabbings at Salem pool hall leave 1 man dead, another injured
Detectives are investigating two early morning stabbings Thursday that killed a 21-year-old Salem man and left another injured. Police say the stabbings happened at a pool hall where a group of young men got into a physical altercation.
Expensive lawsuits against Salem police spiked city insurance rates. City services are footing the bill
City officials say two big trial losses and an expensive settlement – all related to police use of force – have triggered higher insurance rates, forcing city departments to pay more with budgets already stretched thin.
‘Fire season is here,’ Gov. Kotek declares May Wildfire Awareness Month, state prepares
The 2025 fire season is projected to be more intense than the 2024 season fire leaders said, but emergency response agencies have begun preparing early.
Salem man ensnared in national operation targeting child sex predators
Robert Arias, 54, of Salem, faces three criminal charges related to possessing and distributing child pornography. Federal authorities say he was one of 205 people arrested across the U.S. in a joint operation that rescued 115 children.
Man accused of running Sinaloa cartel-linked operation from Salem
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi on Tuesday announced what she described as the largest fentanyl seizure in U.S. history, following the arrest of a man accused of running a sophisticated drug operation out of Salem with ties to Mexican cartels.
State partners with insurance industry to help Oregon homeowners with wildfire prevention
A new partnership between the Oregon State Fire Marshal and a wildfire nonprofit could help Oregonians harden their homes and keep insurance.