Marion County News

The Marion County 150 Miles for 150 Years Relay, commemorating Oregon's sesquicentennial, is taking place five consecutive Saturdays and resumes this week.

An auctioneer was stabbed in Woodburn Tuesday, deputies said. Marion County deputies were called to the Woodburn Auction Yard on South Pacific Highway after someone attacked the auctioneer with a knife.

A 22-year-old Coos Bay man faces attempted murder and assault charges for allegedly cutting the throat of an auctioneer in Woodburn with a boxcutter.

The manhunt is continuing for a suspect who slashed an auctioneer's throat just before noon Tuesday.

In the effort to solve a cold homicide case, authorities on Wednesday released new information on a woman whose body was found near a fence along Interstate 5 in Marion County in 2004.

A Marion County, Ore., sheriff's spokeswoman says a young man armed with a box knife attacked a Woodburn Auction Yard employee, slashing the man's throat.

A former Marion County teacher was sentenced to one year, eight months in prison on sex abuse charges involving a former student.

Police on Tuesday arrested a man suspected of slitting the throat of an auctioneer in front of a crowd at the Woodburn Auction Yard.

Marion County Fair officials are seeking dancers and vendors. The 2009 Marion County Fair, July 9 to 12, will be themed Green & Growing, Celebrating 150 Years of A Clean & Green Oregon.

Salem-News.com - June 28, 2009 - 11:28 pm Jun-28-2009 23:06 Injuries and Arrests Stem From Serious Early Morning Salem Crash Crash closes down Salem's early morning freeway traffic as one driver flees the scene.

Fishermen discovered the body of a missing man this afternoon in Detroit Lake, the Marion County Sheriff's Office reported.

After spending 160 hours in training in the past five months, Marion County Sheriff's Sgt.

A Silverton Elementary School teacher was arrested Tuesday by Salem Police detectives and charged with sexually abusing a teenager.

Alderson is alleged to have had an ongoing sexual relationship between 2002 and 2006 with a boy who was 13 years of age when it began.

The Marion County Sheriff's Office is notifying residents in northeast Salem of a convicted sex offender in their neighborhood.

A man's ringing cell phone gave away his hiding place after he led police on a chase from Salem to Woodburn on Saturday evening, officials said.

Four Salem police officers did not cause the death of a man who died in May after a violent struggle while resisting arrest, a Marion County grand jury ruled Friday.

A Marion County Grand Jury unanimously found that Salem Police officers were justified in using physical force while attempting to arrest Gregory Anter Rold on May 23rd 2009.

A Jefferson man was stabbed multiple times Thursday night during a dispute with a relative.

A fire at a Keizer home early this morning injured one firefighter and caused an estimated $65,000 in damages.