STRIP CLUB SHOOTING Man pleads guilty in fatal Salem strip club shooting (Information from: Statesman Journal, http://www.statesmanjournal.com) SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter and firearms charges in connection with a fatal shooting outside a Salem strip club. The Statesman Journal reports 29-year-old Christopher Lauderdale […]

  GOVERNOR DEBATE Brown, Pierce meet in final gubernatorial debate (Information from: The Oregonian/OregonLive, http://www.oregonlive.com) PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Gov. Kate Brown and GOP challenger Bud Pierce attempted to draw contrasts with one another in their last pitch to voters on a debate stage. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports Brown touted her […]

  PORTLAND EXPLOSION-THE LATEST The Latest: First responders praised for quick work PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland officials say a natural gas explosion that injured eight people could have been disastrous without the speedy work of first responders. Eight people were injured in the explosion Wednesday morning in a busy […]

  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 […]

  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 […]