Crime & Justice

Jail log: Monday, July 21

Arrests Failure to appear, drugs — Jessie Gregory Becerra, 48, of the 10 block of South Peach Street,…

Local News

Citizen ‘hero’ finds missing 73-year-old Gold Hill man in a stroke of luck

Don Kane was clearing star thistle when he came upon Roland ‘Rolly’ Renfro, who had driven his truck…

Crime & Justice

Jail log: Friday, July 18

Arrests Identity theft, Theft — Rebecca Baza, 24, no known address. Medford police arrested Baza Thursday on charges…

Crime & Justice

Medford man sentenced to 15 years for drive-by killing in 2017

A Medford man pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter and has been sentenced to 15 years in prison with…

Business

Oregon’s Bynum, Merkley and Florida Republicans target microplastics with new bill

U.S. Rep. Janelle Bynum views the bipartisan, bicameral and bicoastal Microplastics Safety Act as a way to marry…

Business

Oregon approves ambitious framework for ’microgrids’

Oregon lawmakers have passed a pair of bills to enable “microgrids” within the larger power system. Microgrids are…

Local News

RVCOG assesses fallout from cuts; food aid, senior and disabled programs potentially at risk

Confronting the impacts of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) cutting federal funding and President Donald Trump’s recently…

Public Safety

UPDATE: Citizen helps sheriff’s office locate missing 73-year-old Gold Hill man; ‘He is safe’

Update: 1:06 p.m. Thursday: From Jackson County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO): “Roland was located by a citizen (and found)…

Crime & Justice

Jail log: Thursday, July 17

Arrests Failure to report as a sex offender, parole violation — Jeremy Logan Hazel, 26, no known address.…

Crime & Justice

Medford man gets 10 years for online coercion, sexual exploitation of a minor

Jacksonville man, arrested on similar charges, set for court appearance Monday A 38-year-old Medford man was sentenced to…

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