SPRINGFIELD – Over a year of bargaining has not solved the wage dispute between PeaceHealth executives and the Sacred Heart home care nurses. Oregon Nurses Association (ONA) announced last week that the home care nurses have voted to authorize an open-ended strike against PeaceHealth to protest “PeaceHealth’s unlawful unfair labor[Read More…]
Public Safety & Health
Police Roundup: Week of April 25
Man arrested for swinging sword, inhaling drugs at hot springs BLUE RIVER – At about 11 a.m. on April 20, area deputies and state police troopers were alerted to a report of a disorderly subject swinging a sword around and inhaling nitrous oxide at Terwilliger Hot Springs – also known[Read More…]
Data Center: Public Safety – Week of April 25
SPRINGFIELD POLICE DEPARTMENT MONDAY, APRIL 15 (69 total calls) Top calls: Traffic stop (11), Abandoned vehicle (9), Theft (6) 1:28 am: DUII, 1210 Mohawk Blvd. 1:39 am: Dispute, 397 S. 70th St. 2:08 am: Suspicious subject(s), 1665 18th St. 2:10 am: Found contraband, 1460 G St. 7:00 am: Burglary, 3680[Read More…]
OHA study reveals no link between Covid-19 vaccine and cardiac deaths
PORTLAND – Covid-19 vaccination is not linked to death from cardiac causes among previously healthy young people, according to an Oregon Health Authority study published by the Centers for Disease Control. The study, appearing in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, examined nearly 1,300 deaths among Oregon adolescents and[Read More…]
Data Center: Public Safety – Week of April 18
SPRINGFIELD POLICE DEPARTMENT MONDAY, APRIL 8 (79 total calls) Top calls: Traffic stop (14), Criminal trespass (9), Theft (6) 1:56 am: DUII, Olympic St./18th St. 6:09 am: Criminal trespass, 3652 River Heights Dr. 9:58 am: Theft, 5755 Main St. 10:05 am: Criminal trespass, Marcola Rd./22nd St. 11:14 am: ID theft,[Read More…]
Police Roundup: Week of April 11
Creswell man convicted of attempted murder CRESWELL – A Lane County Sheriff’s deputy assigned to Creswell responded to a dispute on the evening of April 25, 2022 in the 700-block of North Mill Street, and upon arrival found a male subject “covered in a tarp with a cord tied tightly around[Read More…]
Data Center: Public Safety – Week of April 11
SPRINGFIELD POLICE DEPARTMENT MONDAY, APRIL 1 (67 total calls) Top calls: Traffic stop (9), Theft (5), Disorderly subject (5) 7:34 am: Hit & run, Franklin Blvd./S. Brooklyn St., Eugene 11:05 am: Theft, 2306 Lomond Ave. 11:31 am: ID theft, 844 Miller St. 12:27 pm: Animal cruelty, 3000 Gateway St. 1:51[Read More…]
In a murder-suicide, mother takes life of 9-year-old on Easter
SPRINGFIELD – A tragedy unfolded when a mother murdered her 9-year-old daughter before turning the gun on herself at their home on Easter Sunday. Springfield Police were called to a residence in the 1000 block of South 70th Street at 6:43 p.m. regarding two suspicious deaths. After collecting physical evidence,[Read More…]
Police Roundup: Week of April 4
Police vehicle struck while blocking road SPRINGFIELD – Rapid pulsing lights atop a Springfield Police vehicle were not enough to deter a Springfield man from slamming into the parked vehicle on March 30. The accident took place at 8:27 p.m. at the intersections of Mohawk and Centennial boulevards. The officer[Read More…]
Data Center: Public Safety – Week of April 4
SPRINGFIELD POLICE DEPARTMENT MONDAY, MARCH 25 (97 total calls) Top calls: Traffic stop (31), Driving while suspended (6), Criminal trespass (4) 12:38 am: Disorderly subject, 4th St./C St. 1:42 am: Disorderly subject, 5122 B St. 1:44 am: Hit & run, 100-block S. 47th St. 2:05 am: Dispute, 2555 Gateway St.[Read More…]
