Man Charged With Assault in Shooting
The Florence Police are investigating an assault that involved a shooting that took place on Friday evening. Florence police along with the Oregon State Police responded to a shooting at 2180 52nd Street in Florence at approximately 6:30 pm. 30 year old Andrew Terry had been shot twice with a .22 caliber rifle by his 20 year old brother, Seth Wells. Wells had fled the scene but had turned himself into police on Saturday morning around 4:20. Wells was placed under arrest and charged with Assault 1 and Unlawful Use of a weapon. He was transferred to Lane County Adult Corrections
Reboot Needed for KMTR
According to the KMTR-16 chief engineer Nate Wheeler, it was a piece of equipment that went down at the tower site on Parachute hill in Florence that caused the outage of the NBC affiliate. After rebooting the electronics the station returned to the air. It had apparently not been reported prior to Coast Radio News inquiry into the incident, but it returned to the air by 9am yesterday morning.
Business License Due
If you own a business in Florence the deadline to renew your city business license is here. According to city manager Erin Reynolds it is as easy as going to the city’s website ci.florence.or.us to renew.
“There is a big button on the middle of the page for online business license renewal and there are some instructions on how you can go about renewing that license.”
Reynolds says that if you provide any services or sell any goods within the city limits you need to have a license. Reynolds says that if you have questions there is a Frequently Asked Questions portion of the website and additional information can be gathered by calling the city offices.
New Year’s Eve Safe Driving
While there will be no “free” rides this evening there will be plenty of available vehicles on the road for safe transportation home. According to Josh Haring at River City Taxi. In the past they have tried different approaches including free rides, but Haring says it never really amounted to much by way of increased ridership. He says the best way to insure the public is served is by keeping plenty of taxis on the road. Commander John Pitcher with the Florence Police says there will also be increased enforcement on the roads from a law enforcement perspective. A designated driver or a taxi is the safest way to insure you make it home safely.
