McMinnville News

The city of McMinnville will likely open city parks to metal detecting in April for an 18-month trial period, according to Parks and Recreation Director Jay Pearson.

As they begin preparing their budget for 2012-13, McMinnville school officials are projecting a $3 million gap between available revenue and the cost of continuing programs at their current level.

Judge Ronald Stone told Alicia Davidson to go get a job and start saving her money because he is holding her responsible for paying a "reasonable amount" of restitution in connection with a fire she caused April 6 at Amity High School, which she was attending at the time.

Sitting in the living room that was once the central section of Walnut Hill School are from left Don Gill, Katie, the Gills' springer spaniel, Bob White and Barbara Redmond Gill.

Members of a divided family listened intently Wednesday afternoon in an emotion-charged courtroom as Blake Sitton pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree manslaughter in the 2009 shooting death of his father, Rodney, a highly regarded local civic leader who was serving on the Yamhill-Carlton School Board at the time.

Is our tap water safe? Where can a pregnant mom find support, a gay man get tested for AIDS, a smoker be helped to kick the habit? How can our county fight obesity? These are all questions answered by our public health department on Northeast Ford Street in McMinnville.

A family deeply divided listened Wednesday afternoon in Yamhill County Circuit Court as Blake Sitton pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree manslaughter in connection with the October 2009 shooting death of his father, Rodney, a Yamhill-Carlton School Board member at the time.

An opening reception for "Church of Totem," an exhibit featuring recent works by local artist Totem Shriver, will be held Friday, Feb.

Sophia Shamburg, left, and other Patton Middle School eighth-graders talk with Holocaust survivor Alter Wiener during his visit to McMinnville Tuesday.

An adult woman who engaged in sex acts with a 4-year-old boy, and photographed them for trading on the Internet, was sentenced to 160 months in prison - more than 13 years - Monday by Judge Ronald Stone.

McMinnville police have arrested two boys and one girl in connection with rocks being thrown at vehicles Saturday night on Highway 18 between the Three Mile Lane overpass and Northeast Norton Lane.

McMinnville police have filed charges against the parents of a 5-year-old girl and her 6-year-old brother who were left alone and escaped a fast-moving fire in their downstairs apartment last Friday afternoon.

Marcus Larson / News-Register Pavilion President Brian Gerritz tells visiting children about construction at the Head Start building in McMinnville.

Submitted photo Smoke pours out of a West McMinnville apartment Friday morning. Two children who were home alone escaped the blaze.

McMinnville, along with the Yamhill Valley, has received much national attention in the past few years as a tourist destination with world-class wines, restaurants, the Evergreen complex and, of course, our charming historic downtown McMinnville, along with the Yamhill Valley, has received much national attention in the past few years as a tourist ... (more)

McMINNVILLE, Ore. -- Two young children, ages 5 and 6, were home alone when a fire started in a McMinnville apartment and spread to three other units Friday morning, authorities said.

Dr. Crittenden "Crit" Huston capped a 41-year medical career when he retired from Physicians Medical Center 16 years ago.

A highly competitive national environment has cut into business, forcing McMinnville-based Oregon Mutual Insurance to eliminate 15 staff and management positions, effective Thursday.

Grandhaven fifth-grade teacher Karyn Sampson leads a group of students in a physics lesson.

The McMinnville resident will show her artwork while signing copies of the first volume of her "Spooks to Spirits" book series.   Ward, a McMinnville resident, released the Lafayette and McMinnville installment of the book series in mid-2011, which focuses on Yamhill County locales and covers haunted places and "places you should haunt.