Lane County News

A Lane County jury on Friday convicted 28-year-old Michael Wayne Wesley of murder in the Sept.

" Good intentions backfired, causing a flu shot fiasco in Cottage Grove Monday. Now, city manager is now firing back at Lane County Public Health.

A new group of experienced public officials have banded together to discuss the growing problem of public safety in Lane County.

A Lane County jury has rejected the insanity defense of a man who confessed to kidnapping and raping a 10-year-old girl.

A pedestrian hit by pickup truck Tuesday afternoon was taken by ambulance to the hospital in critical condition, according to the Lane County Sheriff's Office.

In an effort to gather support for the Public Option healthcare legislation, Lane County Commissioners and Mayor Kitty Piercy marched in downtown Eugene on Monday afternoon.

Cottage Grove Police have recovered over a hundred pieces of jewelry and collectibles after catching the suspect of numerous theft and burglary operations in Lane County.

Lane County sheriffa s deputies and deputies from counties across the state will be beefing up patrols to catch impaired drunk drivers this weekend.

Crime rates are dropping dramatically throughout Oregon. But in Lane County the numbers are going the other way.

More than 170,000 Lane County taxpayers will receive their 2009-2010 property tax statements as early as this weekend.A The county mailed out the statements Friday.

Malcom Gerlach was in a Lane County courtroom Tuesday. Gerlach sat directly across from potential jurors who will decide whether he's guilty by reason of insanity.

EUGENE, Ore. Lane County public health officials have tentatively scheduled a series of free public swine flu vaccine clinics.

Finalists for two of Oregon's highest federal law enforcement offices -- U.S. Attorney and U.S. Marshal -- were announced this afternoon by Sen.

Lane County Public Health has tentatively scheduled free walk-in H1N1 Community Clinics.

Though Halloween isn't for another week, many Lane County residents got into the spirit early for a pair of good causes.

FOOD for Lane County is looking for a new leader after the third executive director in six years resigned -- and two board members resigned over concerns about her departure.

Researchers will present a report concerning Lane County Services for minority youth involved in the juvenile justice system.

The former executive director of a shelter for domestic violence victims has pleaded not guilty to charges she stole more than $56,000 from the organization.

State police say four Lane County men face charges after the poaching of four bull elk on private property south of Cottage Grove.

Police recovered two stolen headstones and arrested three young men and a young woman after media coverage of vandalism at a pioneer cemetery prompted numerous tips from the public.