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Salem volunteer killed, driver cited for running stop sign in south Salem crash
Lynda Rohrback Bush, 81, of Salem, was killed in a collision Friday while riding in a vehicle that police say went through a stop sign near the Morningside neighborhood. Bush helped create a dog park in the city.
Authorities staying silent on Salem police sergeant’s DUI charge
Salem police Sgt. Dustin Wann has been charged with driving under the influence last May. Prosecutors refuse to explain his involvement in a golf cart crash that injured a woman earlier that day in west Salem.
Salem man charged with fatally shooting man found on Cordon Road
Ismael E. Ventura-Arellano, 21, was charged Thursday with murder in the shooting death of 23-year-old found shot to death on Jan. 25 in the Southeast Mill Creek neighborhood.
WATCHDOG: Jail inmate overdoses continue with little action from Marion County leaders
Medical records show drugs were being trafficked into the Marion County Jail as recently as November, with multiple overdoses last year. Prosecutors haven’t decided whether to charge anyone with Will Schultz’s death over a year after he fatally overdosed in jail.
Salem mother struggles to bear loss of teen son to gun violence
Matthew Newman, 15, was taking a joyride with friends on a Sunday night in November when he was gunned down on a Salem street. Three months later, his mother struggles to make sense of the events that led up to the death of her firstborn.
Pedestrian killed in collision in southeast Salem Thursday evening
A driver fatally struck a pedestrian Thursday evening east of the intersection of Southeast Mission Street and Hawthorne Avenue. David H. Stockam, 51, of Salem, was found dead at the scene.
DEA agent disputes state’s appeal, insists on seeking immunity in bike crash
Attorneys for DEA agent Samuel Landis argue his criminal case belongs in federal court, where he can seek immunity. They said the Oregon Department of Justice is wrongly seeking to reverse a federal judge’s decision to move the case out of state court.
DEA bicycle collision: 5 takeaways
New documents and court filings reveal fresh details about a DEA agent’s deadly collision with a Salem cyclist. Here are five top takeaways from the documents and filings.
Salem man charged with molesting teens at home barbershop
A 42-year-old barber, Eron Griffin, was charged in November with sexually abusing two teenagers at his at-home business in Salem. Police said Monday that they suspect other children may have also been victims of his abuse.