Brownsville News

A Linn County Grand Jury returned an indictment last week against Josh Lee Shaddon, 31, of Brownsville, who is accused of murdering his mother, Gerlene A. Thorne.

A 31-year-old man accused of killing his mother last week at her home in Brownsville was charged today with the attempted murder of his step-father, the Linn County Sheriff's Office reported.

Great pumpkins A whole bouquet of roses to Mary Kunert, the volunteers at the Kunerts' pumpkin patch, and the local farmers who donate pumpkins to support Camp Millennium.

The Linn County Sheriff's Office continues to investigate a homicide case in which a man allegedly shot his own mother to death.

Linn County officials have arrested a man they say shot and killed his mother in Brownsville and then fled the scene.

An Oregon man has been charged with murder in the shooting death of his mother. Josh Lee Shaddon was arrested after Linn County sheriff's deputies were called Friday to the home of his mother, 48-year-old Gerlene Thorne of Brownsville.

A Brownsville woman was shot and killed Friday, and police arrested her son in the murder.

Sheriff Tim Mueller reports his deputies are investigating the death of a Brownsville woman as a homicide.

A Brownsville man convicted of violating his lifetime hunting suspension has been sentenced to 10 months in the Linn County Jail.

Former Sweet Home schools Supt. Harold Dishaw speaks on the screen from a DVD that Jim Childers, left, converted off 20-year-old video tapes that Childers preserved by converting them to digital form.

Lorraine H. Jones, 89, of Sweet Home, died Aug. 31, 2009 in Lebanon. She was born April 1, 1920 in Portland to John C. and Myrtle Super.

Harrisburg firefighters resonded to a barn fire at Powerline and Cartney Roads at about 7:00 PM tonight.

Celeste King of Brownsville and Kevin Van Cleave of Sweet Home have announced their engagement to marry on Sept.

Milk and its producers are the latest victim to struggle with the changing economic times.

The Oregon legislature all but outlawed field burning -- starting next year. The practice remains in effect this summer, with test fires and potential field burning Monday in Brownsville, Harrisburg, Scio and Sublimity.

Let's head 'em up and move 'em out as Oregon continues its sesquicentennial celebration with the Oregon Statehood Wagon Train , re-enacting the historic Dalles Military Road from Huntington to The Dalles.

A tractor-trailer rig that was westbound on Highway 20 east of Sweet Home failed to negotiate a turn Monday and crossed the center line hitting a pickup that was pulling a trailer.

Salem-News.com - July 28, 2009 - 3:13 am Jul-28-2009 02:36 Fatal Crash Halts Highway and Ignites Forest Fire The vehicle fire sparked a forest fire in the area that burned around an acre and a half.

The Linn County Board of Commissioners approved 3-0 an outdoor assembly permit on July 15 for up to 8,000 people for the Willamette Country Music Festival, scheduled for Aug.

Wilson B. Carey, 83, of Terrebonne, OR passed away peacefully in his home with his wife of 61 years, Rosemary, by his side.