PORTLAND TEACHER-INVESTIGATION Portland police investigating teacher at K-8 school (Information from: The Oregonian/OregonLive, http://www.oregonlive.com) PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Police are investigating a teacher at a school serving kindergarten through eighth-grade students in Portland. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports that police went to Astor School Tuesday to investigative the report that a […]
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School safety forum; Plover update; Parks master planning; Storm review; National Guard preps for disaster
School safety and security forum this evening Administrators at Siuslaw schools will host a special safety and security forum this evening. Siuslaw Elementary Principal Mike Harkelrode says it’s presented by the Florence Community PTA. Mike Harkelrode – “The major focus of the questions is what is specific to each school […]
Athlete of the Week and volleyball playoffs
Simington repeats at AOTW Mapleton Football standout Hunter Simington is Coast Radio Sports’ Athlete of the Week. The senior quarterback ran for six touchdowns and threw for one more in the Sailors’ 50-46 victory over Siletz Valley. Simington had 18 carries for 301 yards on offense, plus accounted for 23 […]
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ARMED MAN LIQUOR STORE Police: Man takes hostages at liquor store, shoots self (Information from: Albany Democrat-Herald, http://www.dhonline.com) ALBANY, Ore. (AP) — Police say a man with a handgun entered a liquor store south of Salem and held two people hostage before apparently shooting himself. Albany police said in […]
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OREGON STATE-QUARTERBACKS Garretson out for season, Collins may move for Beavers CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Oregon State quarterback Darell Garretson will miss the rest of the season because of an ankle injury. Garretson, who started the first six games for the Beavers, was injured in the second half of […]
Storms systems split, sending rain and wind north and south; ASPIRE to make it happen; Great Pumpkin and Scare-CROW
Storm? No Storm… There were more than a few area residents expressing disappointment about the outcome of what was forecast as a powerful storm coming our way over the weekend. Those storms, overnight Thursday and then again Saturday, were both “near misses”… at least as far as local impact was […]
Prep and college football; Volleyball playoffs
The Mapleton Sailors accumulated 628 yards total offense on the way to a 50-46 road victory Friday night over the Siletz Valley Warriors. Hunter Simington carried the ball 18 times for 301 yards and five touchdowns. He was three-for-seven passing for 122 yards, including one for a touchdown. Simington also […]
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NLCS-DODGERS-CUBS Kershaw helps Dodgers blank Cubs 1-0 in NLCS Game 2 CHICAGO (AP) — Clayton Kershaw pitched seven sparkling innings, Adrian Gonzalez homered and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Chicago Cubs 1-0 on Sunday night to tie the NL Championship Series at a game apiece. Kershaw retired his […]