Third defendant gets guilty verdict in 2012 slaying A 26-year old man faces the death penalty after being found guilty in the 2012 slaying of a Eugene man. A.J. Scott Nelson was convicted of aggravated murder and more than a dozen other felony charges Thursday. A second trial phase to […]
Month: May 2016
Siuslaw and Mapleton athletes competing at District meets
Next level is at stake this weekend District Track and Field meets on the schedule for the Siuslaw Vikings and the Mapleton Sailors this weekend. Siuslaw will be in Winston today and tomorrow for the Far West League meet at Douglas High School. The Sailors will be at McKenzie High […]
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AP-NW–Sports Right Now/620 MARINERS Surprising Seattle leads the AL West in mid-May SEATTLE (AP) — When new general manager Jerry Dipoto went about rebuilding the Seattle Mariners in the offseason, he bet heavily on the rebound. Dipoto believed the Mariners could be revamped without spending heavily in free agency through […]
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AP-OR–2nd Right Now/1245 POLICE OFFICER SHOT Police: Suspect who shot Ore. police officer indicted GRESHAM, Ore. (AP) — Police say the man who shot a police officer after a late-night traffic crash has been indicted on attempted aggravated murder charges. Police said in a news release Thursday that David Allen […]
Rhody Royalty Crowned at Showcase
Queen Rhododendra CIX, Hannah Anderson Siuslaw High School junior Hannah Anderson was crowned Queen Rhododendra 109 last night, capping off an evening of performances on the stage at the Florence Events Center. Anderson’s talent was a humorous radio show based on the 1940s according to Chantelle Meyer with the Siuslaw […]
Siuslaw grad named to Cascade Collegiate Conference All Star Squad
Ashlee Cole was the 2014 Athlete of the Year in her senior year at Siuslaw 2014 Siuslaw grad Ashlee Cole earned First Team All-Cascade Collegiate Conference Softball honors recently. Cole had one of the best offensive seasons in Northwest Christian University History this year. She led the Beacons in several […]
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AP-NW–Sports Right Now/907 TRAIL BLAZERS-WARRIORS Splash Brothers Curry, Thompson send Warriors to West finals OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Klay Thompson scored 33 points with six 3-pointers, Stephen Curry added 29 and sealed it with a 3 with 24.9 seconds left, and the Golden State Warriors advanced to the Western Conference […]
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AP-OR–2nd Right Now/1144 OREGON-BOTTLED WATER BATTLE Fight over plan to bottle water in Oregon town is on ballot CASCADE LOCKS, Oregon (AP) — A proposal for Nestle to build a water bottling plant in Cascade Locks, Oregon, is set to be one of the most heated battles in the state’s […]
