Stayton News

Some folks can light up a room. Jerry Nicholson Jr., everyone tells me, could light up a neighborhood.

Cake shop to open in Stayton in December Chantiell Tabor with All Around Cakes in Stayton announced she will open for business Dec.

Another Santiam canyon-area company dependent on the ebbs and flows of the housing market is closing its Stayton plant.

A faith-based education is still a draw for families despite a grim economy and changing cultural values, the administrators of Stayton's two private Catholic schools say.

Mid-Valley reliance on food assistance jumps 33% By Ruth Liao * Statesman Journal * November 15, 2009 A recession that has pushed unemployment rates into double-digit territory has created unprecedented levels of need in the Mid-Willamette Valley.More families than ever are receiving emergency food boxes - an average of 6,500 families per month, ...

A 90-year-old Stayton woman spoke out in court Wednesday, urging a Marion County judge not to shave 30 percent off the prison sentence of the man convicted of setting her house on fire.

A serial arsonist was in court today, pitching his case for early release under Oregon's possibly-short-lived state bill 3508 .

David Walters, Turner Police Department's newest hire, fills out the three-officer force, including Chief Gary Will and Officer Don Taylor, as well as six reserve officers.

An urban renewal district in Stayton will go forward without voter approval, Stayton City Council decided in a 3-2 vote Monday night.

There's something so satisfying about acoustic music. It's not about loudness, and it's not about amps.

A burning limb caused a blip of a power outage for 933 customers in Stayton this afternoon, Pacific Power spokesman Tom Gauntt said.

The nation is facing a substantial increase in the numbers of H1N1 patients this fall and Stayton is no exception.

Stayton voters passed a new city charter by a wide margin in the Nov. 3 election.

Most nights, Coffee House Cafe is just a coffeehouse. On First Fridays, it's the entrance to the most unusual art gallery in town: Emerge Oregon.

An Oregon family living at Fort Hood in Texas are OK after the worst mass shooting ever on a U.S. military base.

Cascade School District's Annual Grandparent Thanksgiving Dinner is set for Friday, Nov.

Josh Behrens' grandfather farmed corn and grass seed all his life in the Stayton area.

Dick, 79, died Oct. 8 in Otis. He was born in Arvin, Calif., moving to Albany in 1943.

Stayton High School is featuring its first-ever Career Fair from 1:20 to 6 p.m. today and 1:20 to 3 p.m. Thursday and Friday.

A Stayton man was arrested early this morning after he drove his truck into a bank.