Marion County News

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.

Marion County deputies arrested a Silverton man twice over the weekend - once under suspicion of drunk driving, and again a day later when they learned he had been in a stolen car at the time.

Edward L. "Ned" Clark Jr., a former president of the Oregon State Bar and a pioneer in land-use planning for Marion and Polk counties, has died.

Keizer police say two men arrested Friday afternoon are persons of interest in an armed robbery in Keizer earlier that day.

Authorities say 53-year-old Bennis Berthold was released two weeks ago from an Oregon prison because of state legislation passed in June.

A Marion County SWAT team member talks with a volunteer at an ODOT conference in Seaside Tuesday.

Oleksandr and Lyudmila Kozlov prayed with a group of supporters before they appeared in court Monday, and then they refused all legal representation.

Ten Marion County rural schools were recognized by the state for having high percentages of students who were drug- and alcohol-free. Sixteen schools, mostly in rural Marion County, participated in state survey known as Oregon Healthy Teens.

Serena Frank of Aumsville took a step forward to look into the tearful eyes of a 14-year-old girl - her daughter's best friend - in a Marion County courtroom Thursday.

A southwest Portland woman was arrested by Oregon State Police Monday night following an earlier injury traffic crash involving her vehicle that crossed through center cable barriers on Interstate 5 south of Brooks.

Two Salem motorcyclists were arrested Saturday afternoon for traveling faster than 100 mph in separate incidents, according to the Marion County Sheriff's Office.

Two Salem motorcyclists face accusations of reckless driving after they were arrested for driving more than 100 miles per hour in two separate incidents, the Marion County Sheriff's Office said Monday.

The trash cans were filling up every day at Hillyer's Mid-City Ford, and Jeramy Padrick knew he had to do something about the dumpster full of garbage that was being hauled away from the curb every week.

John Kroger will review his first months as Oregon's 16th attorney general during a talk at the next Marion County DemoForum.

Marion County sheriff's deputies arrested a man suspected in a home invasion robbery after they found hiding in the attic of a Jefferson home today.

The Statesman-Journal reported a 14-year-old girl admitted to conspiracy to commit assault in a juvenile court hearing and is awaiting disposition, the equivalent of sentencing in adult court, on Nov.