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East Salem collision leaves three dead, 11 injured
UPDATE Thursday 11:32 a.m.: Police identified the third victim as 18-year-old Diego Lucas Felipe. UPDATE Monday 11:17 a.m.: Police identified Andres Alonzo-Canil, 41, and Miguel Alonzo-Lucas, 39, as two of the passengers who died in the collision. Deputies are still working to confirm the identity…

Former head of Oregon sheriffs association pleads guilty to theft
Marion County Courthouse (File/Salem Reporter) John N. Bishop, a former sheriff and until recently executive director of the Oregon State Sheriffs’ Association, pleaded guilty to first-degree theft Friday in Marion County Circuit Court. According to court records, Bishop, of Sublimity, faces 24 months of probation…

Police identify man fatally shot at West Salem Goodwill
Police blocked off the West Salem Goodwill parking lot after an officer-involved shooting Wednesday afternoon. (Saphara Harrell/Salem Reporter) The Salem Police Department on Friday identified Scott Gabriel Spangler, 43, of Dallas, as the man shot and killed earlier this week at the West Salem Goodwill.…

Officer fatally shoots man at West Salem Goodwill
Police blocked off the West Salem Goodwill parking lot after an officer-involved shooting Wednesday afternoon. (Saphara Harrell/Salem Reporter) A police officer shot and killed a man inside the West Salem Goodwill, 585 Edgewater St NW, on Wednesday afternoon around 1:45 p.m. The man was being…

UPDATED: Police arrest armed felon near Four Corners
Robert Dailey (Courtesy/Marion County Sheriff’s Office) Police arrested a man they said fled into a southeast Salem neighborhood with a gun after several hours of searching Thrusday afternoon. Lockdowns at four Salem-Keizer Schools were lifted before the man’s arrest. All sports and other after-school activities…

Major industrial fire hits plant in northeast Salem
Crews from the Salem Fire Department and other agencies were still mopping up the fire at 11 a.m. after the early morning fire broke out in an industrial park on Northeast Salem Industrial Drive. (Saphara Harrell/Salem Reporter) UPDATE: Firefighters were able to save all the…

Woman shot to death, man injured in late-night Salem shooting
A 40-year-old woman was shot to the death and another man was shot in northeast Salem at about 1:30 a.m. Sunday, according to Salem police. In a news release, the agency identified the woman as Jennifer Black of Salem. It didn’t identify the man. Police…

16-year-old identified as victim of fatal Englewood Park shooting
The Salem Police Department identified 16-year-old Ishaq Saleem as the person fatally shot at Englewood Park early Sunday morning. Police said Wednesday that Saleem is a resident of Keizer. The agency added that no more information about the victim nor the investigation will be released…

Brush fire burning off Reed Road in southeast Salem
Smoke seen from the July 29 fire off Reed Road (Saphara Harrell/Salem Reporter) Update 6 p.m.: Forward progress of the 30-acre grass fire has stopped and crews are securing lines and putting out fires within the fire area. Original story below. Salem-area firefighters are battling…