Linn County News

An Oregon State Police traffic stop led to the arrest of a Sweet Home man last week on drug and theft charges and the recovery of stolen firearms.

A Linn County judge granted a psychiatric evaluation on Monday for a Brownsville man accused of stabbing his mother to death last month.

A major drug bust by LINT and Linn County area law enforcerers: a large quantity of methamphetamine packaged for sale and over $2,000 cash were seized following a joint narcotics investigation.

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.

Linn County Junior First Citizen Andrew Winslow, center, stands with his parents, Keith and Brenda Winslow, at left, and grandparents Joan and Elmer Riemer at right.

An Alsea woman was killed in a two-car collision early Saturday morning, Oct. 31, at the intersection of Oak Street and Denny School Road near Lebanon.

A man stopped for going 100 in a 65 mph zone faces drug and theft charges after police say they found cocaine, marijuana, amphetamines, 10 guns and $7,800 cash in his truck.

A Linn County Grand Jury last week indicted a 38-year-old woman in connection with the death of a 14-year-old Lebanon boy last winter.

The Linn County Sheriff's department uncovered an illegal marijuana operation in Lebanon Thursday, hidden neatly away in the middle of a residential neighborhood.

A tip from a local resident led Linn County sheriff's deputies to a Lebanon manufactured home on Thursday, prompting the arrest of two people and the seizure of pot plants.

A 51-year-old Alsea woman died early Saturday following a two-car crash at the intersection of Oak Street and Denny School Road near Lebanon.

A 31-year-old man accused of fatally stabbing his mother has also been accused of pointing a gun at his stepfather and pulling the trigger.

A grandmother grieves after a search for her missing grandson turns tragic. "I'm in shock kind of like everybody else," said Ruth Thacker.

A Lebanon woman has been charged in the death of a teen who was found dead in a ditch earlier this year.

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.

An Albany resident is demanding compensation from the Bonneville Power Administration after they cut down three trees that he believes were on his property.

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

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

Oregon State Police and the Linn County Sheriff's Office are investigating a fatal traffic-pedestrian crash this morning on Highway 34 just west of Interstate 5. The crash killed a woman who ran onto the highway.