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Plane lands in Salem-area field after catching fire
A plane landed in a field after catching fire Tuesday afternoon. (courtesy Marion County Sheriff’s Office) This article was updated at 5:45 p.m. with more information. A plane crashed into a field 10 miles southeast of Salem Tuesday afternoon after its pilot made an emergency…
Man shot in northeast Salem
A man collapsed at a McDonalds in northeast Salem Wednesday night after being shot, according to a press release from the Salem Police Department. Passersby were helping the victim in the drive-thru area when officers arrived at the fast food chain in the 1500 block…
‘Credible threat’ cited as Senate cancels Saturday session, advises staff to stay away
Senate President Peter Courtney goes through motions of convening the Senate on Thursday, June 20, after Republican senators made good on their plan to abandon the Capitol. (Claire Withycombe/Oregon Capital Bureau) SALEM — An expected Saturday session of the Oregon Senate was cancelled Friday afternoon…
KARISSA FRETWELL: Searchers find bodies of mother, son in rural Yamhill County
The disappearance of Karissa Fretwell and her 3-year-old son was resolved Saturday with the discovery of their bodies in a remote wooded area in Yamhill County. Law enforcement officials on Sunday announced that searchers found the two, and an autopsy established the 25-year-old single mother…
Police find bodies of missing Salem mother, 3-year-old boy
The bodies of Karissa Fretwell and her 3-year-old son, missing from Salem since May 13, have been recovered from a remote area west of the town of Yamhill, law enforcement officials announced Sunday afternoon. Fretwell was shot to death but the cause of death of…
Salem man dies in southeast Salem house fire
A Salem man died in a house fire Friday morning (Marion County Fire) A Salem man died after a southeast Salem house caught fire Friday morning. Timothy Allen, 45, was rescued from the home and transported to Salem Health, but later died while undergoing treatment,…
Pedestrian killed Tuesday in downtown Salem crash
Update 4 p.m.: Salem Police Department spokesman Lt. Treven Upkes said Tuesday afternoon that the driver has been taken to Salem Hospital for an evaluation. Roads have been reopened except for Center Street Northeast, between 12th and 13th streets. Upkes said more information will be…
Three teens killed in crash with suspected drunken driver
Trinity Watt, left, Makayla Tryon and Madison Capobianco in school photos (Courtesy/Salem-Keizer School District) A Salem man is facing manslaughter charges after allegedly causing a crash that killed three Salem and Keizer teens Sunday night near Salem Parkway and Cherry Avenue Northeast. Juan Carlos Rodriguez…
KARISSA FRETWELL: Cell records trace Gaston man to Salem on night mother, son disappeared
Update: 2:45 p.m.: Michael Wolfe has been arraigned and did not enter a plea. He is being held without bail at Yamhill County Jail. He is scheduled to appear again in court June 7. Update 4:50 p.m.: An update from the Yamhill County District Attorney’s…