Medford News

By John Bartell A November 6, 2009 A MEDFORD, Ore. - It will soon be easier for people in Medford to get information on their neighborhood as well as get updates on building applications.

By Tove Tupper A November 6, 2009 A MEDFORD, Ore. - A North Medford graduate stationed in Fort Hood helped treat victims of Thursday's shooting rampage, according to his family.

By Andrea Calcagno A November 6, 2009 A MEDFORD, Ore. - More people are purchasing discounted plane tickets in Southern Oregon.

The Medford Food Co-op has narrowed its choice of sites to one - the former Toys for the Home store next to TJ Maxx in Bear Creek Plaza - but it hasn't yet finalized a lease for that location.

Medford will rewrite a law banning panhandling rather than appealing a judge's order that found previous limits unconstitutional, the City Council decided today.

The Medford City Council has withdrawn its appeal of a ruling that found its panhandling ordinance unconstitutional.

Nearly two dozen high-ranking Medford police officials will visit homes in the Liberty Park neighborhood this evening to discuss public safety, livability and other issues.

KDRV Staff A November 4, 2009 A MEDFORD, Ore. - The Oregon Court of Appeals has overturned a ruling that would have required WalMart to conduct a traffic study for a proposed supercenter at the old Miles Field location in Medford.

Rogue Valley Medical Center officials are working to correct outdated fire evacuation plans and structural problems that surfaced during a fire safety inspection last week.

Three occupants of a home on Medford's Niantic Street escaped an early-morning fire that destroyed a bedroom.

A 27-year-old man, whose name has not been released, is believed to be alone inside the house in the 600 block of South Mountain Avenue, Ashland Police Chief Terry Holderness said at 9:20 a.m. No one was injured when the shot was fired from inside the house, according to the Ashland Police Department.

Educators at Talent Middle School where Mauricio Humberto Teran attended sixth and seventh grade were saddened to learn that their former student had been accused of murder, Principal Curt Shenk said.

Halloween night turned scary for Medford police overrun with calls that included a shooting at a 7-Eleven store, an attempt to strike an officer that led to a chase and a couple of arrests for driving under the influence.

A 14-year-old boy has been charged with murder in the stabbing death of 24-year-old Marco Antonio Diaz in mid-September. A juvenile delinquency petition charging Mauricio Humberto Teran, 14, with murder, first- and second-degree manslaughter, first-, second- and third-degree assault, riot, and second-degree disorderly conduct was filed with Jackson ...

With each step, Ben Truwe traveled back in time as he climbed the maple stairwell in the two-story brick building in the 200 block of East Main Street in downtown Medford.

MEDFORD - A man charged with stabbing a Medford woman along Interstate 5 in May 2005 has been returned to Jackson County after spending years in Mexico as a fugitive.

By Andrea Pettes A October 30, 2009 A MEDFORD, Ore. - A fourteen-year-old is facing murder charges in the death of a 24-year-old in what police say was a gang related incident last month.

By Emily Wood A October 30, 2009 A MEDFORD, Ore. - Dentists frequently lament Halloween because of all the candy kids eat.

Youths could be fined or face community service for chronically skipping school under a new ordinance passed Wednesday by Jackson County commissioners.

By Andrea Pettes A October 30, 2009 A MEDFORD, Ore. - A man suspected of a murder four years ago near Ashland has been extradited to Jackson County.