Marion County News

Sheriff's deputies busted a drug selling operation in Jefferson on Thursday after a week of investigating a drug complaint.

Woodburn resident Patti Milne recently announced that she will seek a fourth term as Marion County Commissioner.

Marion County jail inmates soon won't be able to get letters from the outside. They'll have to settle for postcards.

A 90-year-old Stayton woman spoke out in court Wednesday, urging a Marion County judge not to shave 30 percent off the prison sentence of the man convicted of setting her house on fire.

Patti Milne has filed for re-election to the Marion County Board of Commissioners.

A serial arsonist was in court today, pitching his case for early release under Oregon's possibly-short-lived state bill 3508 .

Got a spare children's book - or two, or three, or 10 - and want to help Marion County children who are in need this holiday season? The Marion County Children and Families Commission is gearing up for its annual book drive and needs donations to help meet a goal of collecting 12,000 books from Dec.

A suspected drunk driver slammed into a bar in Keizer and then rammed a patrol car while trying to escape, police said.

A Mt. Angel man was killed Sunday in a single-vehicle traffic crash between Mt. Angel and Gervais.

A convicted burglar released two weeks ago from an Oregon prison because of controversial early-release legislation is back behind bars.

Practice makes perfect. The adage is being tested as the Silverton Emergency Advisory Committee administers H1N1 vaccinations to students in the Silver Falls and Mount Angel School Districts.

Fire investigators are working to determine the cause of a fire that damaged a Turner shop today.

A Marion County sheriff's deputy spent the night in a hospital for observation after a head-on crash north of Keizer.

Two robbers in skeleton masks made off with a pizza box full of cash from a Salem restaurant Halloween night, deputies said.

A major housing project has received the final go-ahead from Turner City Council.

A 29-year-old man was found to have died of natural causes in the Marion County jail, officials said.

The Marion County Sheriff's Office appealed to the public for help today in locating a man suspected of breaking into an unoccupied house in Jefferson.

A Silverton contractor that repeatedly failed to pay workers has been ordered by a Marion County Circuit Court judge to deposit $15,000 in a guaranteed wage account or close its doors.

A steer was struck by a car and left on a southeast Marion County road Tuesday night, officials said.

A longtime Marion County families advocate and circuit judge has shifted her duties to the Salem downtown courthouse.