Salem Hospital News

The following are excerpts from reports in the Peabody Police Department press log from May 3-5. Friday, May 3 3:02 p.m. A passenger involved in a two-car accident on Foster Street was transported to Salem Hospital.

Police have the right-side mirror from a car that hit a tow truck driver Sunday night on a Salem street.

A 16-year-old Sprague High School student was impaled in the chest by a fence post after a crash near the high school Thursday afternoon.

Her parents are Gabriela Villastrigo and Rocky Ross of Mt Angel. Maternal grandmother is Catherine Villastrigo of Mt.

The Salem Human Rights and Relations Advisory Commission has scheduled a second event for its community forum on hate and racism.

On male adult pedestrian was struck by a vehicle and was transported to Salem Hospital with life threatening injuries, Salem Police stated in a news release.

The following are excerpts from reports in the Peabody Police Department press log from April 19-21. Friday, April 19 2:23 p.m. A caller reported there were multiple kids behind the Welch School trying to steal pieces from the new playground.

Oregon State Police has identified the Marion County Sheriff's deputy who shot a man Tuesday afternoon as Cliff Self, 33.

The following are excerpts from reports in the Peabody Police Department press log from April 17-19. Wednesday, April 17 2:10 p.m. A caller on Mason Street reported a theft of some scrap metal.

According to the nonprofit, 80 babies are born in Oregon each week preterm. Prematurity is the leading cause of newborn death and can result in lifelong complications.

Dau Tucker never saw herself as a civil rights activist. But that was before she found a death threat in her office at Salem Hospital in the form of a bullet on her desk and a crudely written note on her wall: "Leave or die." That was far from the first time she and her family had experienced racism and discrimination in Salem -- in fact, she has ... (more)