Stayton News

Stayton officers responded to an alarm going off at Laser Electric on Wilco Road in Stayton at about 4 a.m. Sunday to discover gas being siphoned out of nearby vehicles, according to Sgt.

A man who allegedly threatened to shoot himself and others with a small handgun surrendered to police without injury Sunday night.

Pianist Arnaldo Cohen doesn't plan to make a big thing of it, but 2012 marks 40 years since he... To keep up with modern times, Stayton Public Library is hosting a free cupcake event from 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday.

We still have a big water winter! The North Santiam is high and somewhat murky but lower sections are driftable.

A father faces allegations he assaulted his infant twin daughters, fracturing multiple ribs of both girls and causing brain bleeding in one of the girls.

Linn County detectives arrested a 22-year-old man Friday they believe assaulted his twin 3-month-old daughters.

The Scio at Regis girls basketball game for first place in the Tri-River Conference has been rescheduled to 7 p.m. Wednesday in Stayton.

Daniel Wolf, owner of Valley 5 Electrical Services, shows Tammy and Dale Pader of Stayton some of his company's products during the 35th annual Mid-Valley Home Show at the Oregon State Fairgrounds in Salem Sunday, Jan.

Flooding affected people throughout the Mid-Valley on Thursday. Clockwise from top left: Volunteers deliver sandbags to people in need in South Salem; Stayton High School basketball players and wrestlers help shovel sand into bags at Knife River in Stayton; a school bus was swept off Madras St.

Area civic groups are joining together to launch a citywide can and bottle drive to benefit Santiam Heritage Foundation's efforts to restore the Charles Brown House in Stayton.

Mom Nicole Lynch of Silverton with Aubree Samtha Lynch, the first baby of the new year born in the Stayton area at Santiam Memorial Hospital on Jan.

Stayton High School choir students among several other American choirs at a performance at Cadogan Hall in London for the London International Choral Festival.

A Stayton man was arrested and charged with kidnapping, assault, attempted rape and unlawful use of a weapon in connection with a Jan.

The discovery of rotten rebar and crumbling concrete in the bridge across Interstate 5 at Exit 14 in Ashland will delay completion by at least two months and cost an estimated $500,000. Work on a $9.4 million Art Deco-style bridge across Interstate 5 in Ashland took a detour recently when the contractor unexpectedly uncovered rotten rebar and ... (more)

A trail leads to the upper Shellburg Falls. The trail wends behind the falls. / William L. Sullivan / Special to the Statesman Jou For more information: Contact Santiam State Forest at 859-2151or go to www.oregon.gov/ODF/northcascade/waterfalls.shtml Sullivan is best known for his hiking guidebooks - and yes, he has hiked every trail he could find ... (more)