Salem News

Babe Ruth Baseball plans to start a league in the greater Salem area for the 2010 season.

Three Salem-area gang members received 15 years in prison today for nearly beating a man to death with baseball bats.

In this 2002 Oregonian file photo, the Willamette Queen, a Salem-based sternwheeler, passes under the old UnionPacific RR Bridge in Salem.

Salem Police are asking for the public's help in locating a missing woman and two male suspects following an assault that reportedly occurred early Saturday.

A Salem police officer shot a charging pit bull Sunday night, officials said. About 7:20 p.m., officers went to a home in the 6000 block of Fircrest Street SE to handle a disturbance between several males who appeared to be getting ready fight, Salem police spokesman Lt.

Salem-Keizer School District might use a bond program developed under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to issue $31.8 million of construction bonds with little to no interest.

SALEM, Ore. - Chris Dudley's free throw shots were always iffy propositions. Now the former Portland Trail Blazer is in a new arena taking aim at a governor's chair - and Oregon's Republicans think he can score.

After three months of renovations, Cinebarre executives cut the ribbon November 5 at the old Regal Movieland location, in the heart of Salem, on High and Marion Streets.

A 29-year-old man was found to have died of natural causes in the Marion County jail, officials said.

A 21-year-old Salem man reportedly called 9-1-1 that his marijuana was missing, but when deputies arrived, he was booked on drunk driving charges instead, officials said.

Oregon police have charged a man with drunken driving after he called 911 to report his marijuana as stolen but the dispatcher couldn't understand him because he was vomiting while on the road.

Osborne "Ozzy" Louis Johnson, age 87, was supposed to arrive in Salem Thursday morning but was nto seen getting off the bus.

A scene from the state police academy's "scenario village." Salem-Keizer Transit announced they are donating a bus with almost a million miles on the odometer to the state police academy in Salem, the agency announced today.

Organizational author Deniece Schofield has been the national spokeswoman for Proctor and Gamble and has contributed to Woman's Day magazine.

A suspected drunk driver was arrested in Salem early Tuesday morning after deputies said he called to report that his marijuana had been stolen.

The former service manager of a Honda dealer faces charges alleging he stole $200,000 from his employer before being fired.

Salem firefighters extinguished a single-alarm fire at a home in the 1900 block of 4th Street NE tonight, officials said.

The Salem Pops Orchestra concert is kicking off its 48th season Saturday, and for those who love movies - so everyone, really - it should be a delight.

Lights in the Attic Creative Media, a Salem wedding and event videography studio, has been selected to be included in the Green Bride Guide's Green Wedding Directory.

Former Salem resident Maggie Schneider recently began service in the Peace Corps in Macedonia.