A boater on Thursday morning found a partially decomposed body in the Willamette River near the Buena Vista Ferry, south of Independence, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday. Deputies said they don’t know how long the man had been dead and at that location. An autopsy is scheduled for[Read More…]

The Salem Police Foundation held a breakfast with the chief on Wednesday, Feb. 19. (Courtesy/Salem Police Department) After the Salem Police Foundation breakfast fundraiser, a group of people at the Salem Convention Center each waited to pick up a retrofitted handgun and confront criminals — in the virtual world. The[Read More…]

A Salem Fire Department truck. (Saphara Harrell/Salem Reporter) Salem Reporter is continuing to publish monthly call data from public safety agencies in Marion County. This is a snapshot of January numbers compared to the same time last year. The data came from the Salem Police Department, the Marion County Sheriff’s[Read More…]

A Salem man has been charged with murder after he allegedly shot and killed a Woodburn man in late January. Eduardo Flores-Rodriguez, 21, was found dead from a gunshot wound in a car on Northeast Snoopy Lane and Linus Court on Jan. 21, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office said. Six[Read More…]

Update 2/5 9 a.m.: Police identified Oscar Martinez, 21, as the man found dead inside a car Monday evening. An autopsy revealed Martinez died of a gunshot wound, the Keizer Police Department said. Detectives with Keizer police said the public is not at risk and they are continuing to investigate[Read More…]

Keizer police arrested a North Salem High School health teacher Friday after she allegedly screamed at a victim of sexual abuse in a Keizer restaurant. Trisha L. Ebbs, 50, was at the Hops N Drops restaurant on Keizer Station Boulevard Jan. 24 when she walked to a booth where a[Read More…]

A shooting occurred at Northeast Snoopy Lane and Linus Court Tuesday night. (Courtesy/Marion County Sheriff’s Office) UPDATE 3:40 p.m.: The deceased’s name is Eduardo Flores Rodriguez. A Marion County Sheriff’s Office release previously misstated the name. A Woodburn man who was shot in east Salem earlier this week died in[Read More…]

Marion County Fire District 1 will ask voters for another levy worth $6.7 million over two years. (Courtesy/Marion County Fire District 1) Marion County Fire District 1 is planning to ask voters to pay for additional firefighters and new equipment in the face of dwindling volunteerism and increasing call loads.[Read More…]

(Courtesy/ Marion County Sheriff’s Office) Three men were shot in east Salem Tuesday night, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office said. Deputies arrived at Northeast Snoopy Lane and Linus Court around 11 p.m. to find a man driving a Chrysler 300 had crashed into a parked car. The driver had an[Read More…]