PORTLAND POLICE-MISCONDUCT Report: Portland officer fired over threats at poker game (Information from: The Oregonian/OregonLive, http://www.oregonlive.com) PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A newly released report on investigations into misconduct by Portland police says any officer resigned under threat of firing for driving drunk in a patrol car while on duty […]

  PET PIG KILLING Man accused of killing neighbor’s pig with bow and arrow ST. HELENS, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say a man has been arrested in connection with the killing of a pet pig with a bow and arrow near St. Helens. The Columbia County Sheriff’s Office says deputies […]

  1999 KILLING-SENTENCE Man gets life sentence in fatal stabbing of woman in 1999 (Information from: The Oregonian/OregonLive, http://www.oregonlive.com) PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A man who was on the run for more than a decade after his ex-girlfriend was stabbed to death outside a Burger King in Oregon has been […]

  INTRUDER SHOT-FOOTBALL PLAYER Ex-NFL player shot by homeowner gets probation for burglary (Information from: KPTV-TV, http://www.kptv.com/) PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A former NFL player who was shot after trespassing onto a homeowner’s multimillion-dollar property in Portland has been sentenced to three years of probation. KPTV-TV reports that former Detroit […]