Sheridan News

SHERIDAN, Ore. - Bobbie Jager wanted to have 14 children ever since she was a little girl.

From Bigfoot to a full-size gorilla to aliens in gray, green and rainbow hues, all creatures great and small turned out Friday for the start of McMinnville's 13th annual UFO Festival.

Local emergency officials are left with few answers after receiving myriad calls overnight about strange occurrences around the county.

Final unofficial returns had the levy passing 784 to 437 or 64 to 36 percent in Polk and Yamhill counties.

No one has walked more miles in and around downtown McMinnville than Scott Sterling.

New charges have been filed against a California man accused in bludgeoning a 77-year-old Tigard man to death.

Polk County sheriff's deputies broke up an underage drinking party the night of Friday, April 20, scattering an estimated 65 to 70 teens, many of them from Sheridan High School .