Carlton News

Fat clusters of pinot noir grapes recently came off the vines at Youngberg Hill Vineyards & Inn in McMinnville.

Celebrate the fourth annual "La Paulee de Carlton" from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday at Scott Paul Wines, 128 S Pine St.

About 60 people turned out for a three-hour meeting Wednesday night about whether to keep the local police department or enter a contract with the Yamhill County Sheriff's Office, which would station deputies in the city.

A fire at an apartment complex in McMinnville left nearly a dozen occupants displaced on Halloween night.

Blake Sitton, charged with the murder of his father, Yamhill-Carlton School Board Chair Rodney Sitton, displayed no emotion Thursday when he was formally indicted by a grand jury on one count each of murder, first-degree manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide and unlawful use of a weapon.

MCMINNVILLE, Ore. Police said Thursday they have evidence to prove a Carlton man shot his father to death.

A 24-year-old man accused of murdering his father, a Yamhill Carlton School Board Chairman, first told authorities that his father shot himself while cleaning his gun, court documents show.

The chairman of the Yamhill-Carlton School Board died from a gunshot wound to the head, and his son has been charged with murder, the authorities said Wednesday.

A son has been arrested for what first was reported as an accidental shooting of his father.

Pinot noir grapes from Ken Wright's Abbott Claim Vineyard are sorted. Exhausted after two days of harvesting grapes, Dan Warnshuis of Utopia Wine still managed a big smile when he arrived at Carlton's Horse Radish Cheese and Wine Bar on a late September Saturday evening.

Sample wine during Jazz Night from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Wednesday at Anne Amie Vineyards, 6580 NE Mineral Springs Road in Carlton.

A beautiful dahlia late in the blooming season at Alpen Gardens. Driving north out of Carlton on Sunday after a weekend of wining and dining, I chanced on a colorful spot in Yamhill County, just south of the Washington County line.

Chemeketa Community College started its fall term Monday in a flurry of activity.

Chris Stubbs, here in the studio of her new Carlton home, is co-chair for the Watercolor Society of Oregon's fall show in McMinnville.

Saturday is your last chance to catch an outdoor film paired with wine at Anne Amie Vineyards this season.

About 16,573 K-12 students enrolled in Yamhill County's seven school districts as classes began last week in most cites and Aug.

Familiar landmarks allow even occasional visitors to readily recognize the primary commercial streets in towns around the Yamhill Valley.

Visit The Four Graces and celebrate harvest time in the vineyard from Sept. 21 through Oct.

Randy Restorff, 24, of Yamhill. Randy Restorff, the drunk driver fired on Thursday by Yamhill police officer Travis Van Cleave as a result of a ramming incident, was ousted from a DUII diversion program in December, according to the Oregon Judicial Information Network.

Judge John Collins sentenced 19-year-old Ryan Braukman to 12 days in jail for spray-painting graffiti on the freshly repainted interior of the Carlton City Pool men's dressing room, among other locations, saying there's a message that needs sending and a lesson that needs learning.