Date: 10/10/2012 10:40 AM
OR–3rd NewsMinute/215
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A Multnomah County grand jury found no criminal wrongdoing by two Portland police officers involved in a Sept. 29 wounding of a shooting suspect. Both officers shot Joshua Stephen Baker, who was treated for wounds and jailed. The same grand jury that cleared the officers returned an indictment, charging Baker with attempted murder and assault.
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) – Some Medford school board members are upset they have no control over recent pay raises for administrators. Superintendent Phil Long announced a 6.5 percent pay raise in August for 35 of the district’s highest-paid administrators. Board members say the district can’t afford the raises at a time when some schools don’t have necessary equipment and it’s deadlocked in contract talks with classified staff.
FLORENCE, Ore. (AP) – The Lane County medical examiner says a man found dead on an Oregon coastal beach north of Florence died of coronary artery disease. The Register-Guard reports the man has been identified as 57-year-old Allyn Ernest Bradford of Lowell.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – Lane County sheriff’s officers say one person was found dead after a fire at a Eugene-area home. Investigators from the Eugene and Springfield fire departments are working to determine the cause of the Tuesday afternoon fire.
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.
