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Trucker gets 48 years for causing crash that killed 7 farmworkers
Surviving victims and relatives of the seven farmworkers killed in a May 2023 collision on Interstate 5 tearfully detailed the tragedy they experienced in court Tuesday, just before semi-truck driver Lincoln Smith was sentenced to prison.
5 takeaways: What’s driving Salem’s rising public safety costs amid city budget crisis
A historic look of Salem’s budget showed spending on police and fire has heavily outpaced inflation, while their staffing hasn’t kept up with rising costs. Here are five key takeaways from two decades of city budget data.
Pedestrian killed, another critically injured in NE Salem
Salem police said a pickup truck driver struck two pedestrians around 2 a.m. Saturday on Northeast Silverton Road. Raymond Dale, 77, died from his injuries and Ephraim Dale, 49, remained hospitalized Saturday afternoon with critical injuries.
Man killed by trooper slipped threatening note to guard at Salem’s Army training center, police say
Matthew Wong, armed with a knife, appeared for the second time in three days at a U.S. Army airfield in southeast Salem and slipped a threatening note to a guard, according to the Marion County District Attorney's Office. That prompted a confrontation with a state trooper who shot and killed him.
State trooper shoots, kills person near Salem airport Thursday morning
The Oregon State Police have provided few details about a police shooting at a U.S. Army aviation facility on Southeast Turner Road that left a person dead. The agency said it was responding at the time to a report of a “suspicious person.”
Portland woman arrested in Nov. 2 shooting death of woman near Turner
Nearly four months after 26-year-old Jada Thompson was discovered dead on a rural road southeast of Salem, police arrested a woman they suspect killed her in an act of domestic violence. Shanika Strickland, 32, faces charges including second-degree murder.
Salem police, fire spending skyrocketed over 2 decades while staff stayed flat, budget data shows
Salem Reporter took a historic look at the budget for two of the city’s most expensive departments, police and fire. The agencies’ staffing hasn’t kept up with rising costs, and their spending has grown far faster than inflation.
Man charged with driving impaired, killing father in 2023 crash in West Salem
David J. Nelson, 24, is charged with manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide and driving under the influence for his role in an October 2023 crash that killed his father, David L. Nelson, 55. Police said at the time that the driver veered off state Highway 22 into an embankment.
Police arrest Portland man with rifle near Salem Hospital after foot chase
Luis Escobedo Castaneda is accused of carrying a rifle outside the Salem Hospital campus Tuesday night. Salem police said he motioned repeatedly toward his waist, where the gun was visible, prompting officers to use “less lethal rounds” and a police dog to arrest him.