
City will look for new chief rather than contracting with sheriff's office
The driver of a tractor-trailer rig that rear-ended a mobile restaurant at Highway 18 and Christensen Road in December 2008, killing the other driver, was sentenced Wednesday by Circuit Court Judge John Collins to 150 days in the Yamhill County Jail.
UPDATE: Carlton residents have until Friday to tell council whether they want police or YCSO coverage
Testing shows powder found in envelope mailed to the local housing authority poses no danger.
UPDATED; Yamhill Police will help cover Carlton in interim between chief's leaving and council's decision on what to do next
A 19-year-old Linfield student was struck by a sport utility vehicle about 6 p.m. Thursday as he was crossing Highway 99W at Keck Drive, near the campus. It's the same location a 10-year-old McMinnville boy was struck in virtually identical circumstances in mid-December.
Christopher Kyle Bratcher, 23, of McMinnville, died early Thursday morning at Legacy Emanuel Hospital in Portland of injuries sustained Dec. 4 when he was pinned between his pickup and a neighbor's home. Nathan Bratcher said his brother died at 3 a.m.
A Sheridan man was listed in critical condition Tuesday at Legacy Emanuel Hospital in Portland following a two-vehicle crash Friday afternoon on Highway 22 southwest of Dallas in Polk County.
A Sheridan man was listed in critical condition Tuesday at Legacy Emanuel Hospital in Portland following a two-vehicle crash Friday afternoon on Highway 22 northwest of Dallas in Polk County.
The city has developed a snow and ice response plan and posted that plan on the main page of its website.