Scio News

Stayton Public Library's Teen Advisory Board meets 4 to 5 p.m. Oct 29 at the Stayton Public Library meeting room.

Oct. 8 3:41 p.m., stolen vehicle, 1300 block E Jefferson St. Recovered, returned to owner.

One man of faith taught the youths of a whole community to grow along their journeys to God.

JORDAN - It all starts with the chicken at the Jordan Chicken Dinner each year.

Two weeks, two championships. Salem's Jeremy Shank clinched the DIRTcar Northwest I-5 Late Model Tour championship Saturday night with a second-place finish at Southern Oregon Speedway in White City.

World War II veteran Walter Johnson trained all summer for the Salem Bicycle Club's Peach of a Century bike ride Sunday.

Luke the pig was a party favorite Saturday afternoon at the Lighthouse Farm Sanctuary.

Frances Benthin of Scio, Ore., won first prize for this recipe in the Dairy Farmers of Oregon Cheese Recipe Challenge at the Oregon State Fair last month.

North Santiam Home Education is presenting "Home School Days" in partnership with the Stayton Public Library at the library's conference room this school year.

Chamber Greeters, through Stayton/Sublimity Chamber of Commerce, is set for 8 a.m. to 9 a.m., hosted by Sublimity Insurance and Rick Budke at 100 SW Sublimity Blvd., Sublimity.

Lighthouse Farm Sanctuary is having its annual fundraiser "Wine & Music at the Farm" from 2 to 6 p.m. Sept.

An upcoming poker tournament will benefit a local resident. The Texas Hold'em Poker Fundraiser and Social is set for 7 p.m. Saturday at Our Lady of Lourdes Hall, 39043 Jordan Rd., Scio.

Beginning Tuesday, the limit for coho and steelhead on the Willamette River above the falls at Oregon City goes to three fish.

Fishery managers are projecting that 700,000 coho will return to the Columbia River this year, which would be the largest return since 2001.

A four-alarm fire affected three properties in farmland and forest land east of Stayton Monday night.

The Oregon legislature all but outlawed field burning -- starting next year. The practice remains in effect this summer, with test fires and potential field burning Monday in Brownsville, Harrisburg, Scio and Sublimity.

A woman's car landed in a creek after a collision with a semi-trailer. Three men stopped to help rescue the driver and check for other occupants.

Oregon State Police credit three men with rescuing a Milwaukie-area woman whose vehicle overturned in a creek after colliding with a semi-trailer on Interstate 5 south of Albany this morning.

A driver died after he lost control while passing a truck and crashed head-on into oncoming traffic Thursday afternoon, tearing his small car into pieces.

By Jessica Nelson July 24, 2009 A 46-year-old David Vinton of Lebanon died Thursday afternoon in a three-vehicle crash near Scio.A State police say Vinton was headed east on Highway 226, when he lost control of his car while passing and struck a Chevy Silverado head-on.A The Silverado was then hit by a third vehicle.