A Madras woman pleaded guilty today to fatally stabbing her 20-year-old boyfriend with a kitchen knife.

Local law enforcement agencies in the Deschutes, Jefferson and Crook County area will join the state in a 14-day "Passenger Restraint Enforcement Blitz". The seatbelt patrol will run Monday through February 21st.

"How many people are homeless?" order photo Tony Boyd, 43, smiles as passing driver Adam Martin donates some spare change at the intersection of Northeast Division and Northeast Third streets in Bend on Tuesday afternoon.

Kathleen Elliott, was born in Madras, OR to Sydney and Alice Percival on March 16, 1918.

This is George, an elderly cat with a sweet personality who is very affectionate.

To learn more about local volunteer opportunities, visit www.volunteerconnectnow.org. Ann Skinner signed up to make flower arrangements for hospice patients because she's seen the joy a bright bouquet can bring to someone in pain.

MADRAS - The Jefferson County, Ore., sheriff says he'll resign in the first week of February and plead guilty to a misconduct charge.

There is plenty of room to spread out at the Redmond Rally facility! Almost all the buildings at the site are air conditioned, this one with a view of the pond.

Icy roads triggered a crash involving an Oregon State Police trooper Thursday morning, closing U.S. Highway 20 west of Tumalo for more than five hours.

More cats are expected to be rescued from the Madras home of Sandy Ballard in the next few weeks.

With nearly half of Madras students overweight, the city has become the epicenter of a regional effort to combat childhood obesity by creating healthy communities Published: January 07.

A plan is in place, how Bend Metro Park and Rec wants to update the Colorado dam.

Volunteers at one Redmond church sign up to read aloud in 15- or 30-minute intervals, for 3 days straight Published: January 04.

Area pioneer Judge James Herschel Read passed away Dec. 25, 2009, at the family farmhouse where he was born 97 years ago.

I followed this couple's story for some time before capturing this special moment as the serviceman said goodbye to his family and left for training with his fellow National Guard members.

Jefferson County Animal Control, Bend's Cat Rescue, Adoption & Foster Team, the Humane Society of Redmond and the Humane Society of Central Oregon are asking for the public's help in efforts now underway to take in, spay/neuter, vaccinate, medically treat, foster and place about 100 cats and kittens that were found living inside a Madras residence.

The little coffee business that Scott and Anna Witham opened in Madras in 2007 moved to Bend early this year.

One of the 90 dogs rescued from Harney County rests at the Oregon Humane Society last week.

December 23, 2009, 4:59PM Humane Society of Central Oregon Crates filled with cats line a wall of Sandra Ballard's Madras ranch house.

MADRAS, Ore. - A Madras woman had 117 cats removed from her home this week. Bend television station KTVZ reports that more than 150 cats were inside the place, but up to 40 had to stay because of a lack of space at local rescue shelters.