Date: 09/13/2012 03:59 AM
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Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
REEDSPORT, Ore. (AP) – Police on the Oregon coast say a man sought in a reported abduction has died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in a Reedsport motel room. The World newspaper reports that SWAT officers who broke through the room’s back window about 5:30 p.m. yesterday found Bennie Shawn Lee Pishione dead on the bathroom floor with a head wound.
THE DALLES, Ore. (AP) – Authorities have identified a suspect in the killing of a man in The Dalles. Police Chief Jay Waterbury said yesterday an arrest warrant has been issued for 20-year-old Carlos Medina – the lone suspect in the death of Mark Labonte. The men reportedly got into a fight late Sunday in a Fred Meyer parking lot.
LAKE OSWEGO, Ore. (AP) – Officials say Lake Oswego High School was evacuated after a tree fell on a nearby power line, sending a surge through the electrical system and starting a small fire in the building. The Oregonian reports everyone left the building safely yesterday. No injuries were reported. Firefighters in the Portland suburb extinguished the fire before it spread.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – A skydiving company has sued the city of Creswell, contending the city’s no-parachuting rules at the municipal airport have cost the company more than $700,000 over the past six years. The Register-Guard reports that Eugene Skydivers filed suit Friday in Lane County Circuit Court. The company accuses the city of violating a lease agreement when city officials outlawed parachute landing at Hobby Field in 2006.
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.
