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Jan 10, 2012 | KLCC-FM Eugene

Running Wild Rice, cultivated right here in Brownsville.

Tribes there have hand-harvested the sacred grain by canoe for millennia. but you might not realize this water-loving cereal crop also grows in Oregon, though it's not native here.

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Tue Dec 06, 2011

KGW-TV Portland

Attorneys: 'Psychotic break' led to OR murder

Lawyers for a Linn County man accused of murder are arguing that he stabbed his mother in the neck because years of methamphetamine use led to a psychotic break.

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Thu Dec 01, 2011

KVAL-TV Eugene

Inmate's 'shank' found before he can escape

Deputies found the weapon in the jail cell of Josh Shaddon, 33, who has been in the Linn County Jail following the murder of his mother, Arlis 'Gerlene' Thorne, in Brownsville on October 23, 2009.

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Tue Nov 29, 2011

OregonLive.com

Linn County deputies find makeshift weapon in inmate's cell, believe he was plotting an escape

A Linn County inmate accused of murder could face additional charges after deputies found a makeshift weapon in his cell they believe he planned to use during an escape attempt.

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Mon Oct 31, 2011

Local TV Station KTVZ

OSP Seeks Tips in Theft of Training Motorcycles

Oregon State Police and the Linn County Sheriff's Office sought the public's help Monday in finding who stole a Team Oregon motorcycle training safety program pickup and trailer loaded with 13 motorcycles, stealing seven motorcycles and two scooters.

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