Yamhill County News Archives

The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde will commemorate the completion of the $6.4 million Grand Ronde Road improvement project with a ribbon cutting and dedication ceremony at 3 p.m. Monday, Nov.

Trick-or-treating events, haunted houses and other activities are planned this weekend as children and the young at heart celebration Halloween.

Tuesday's firing of Willamette Education Service District Superintendent Maureen Casey doesn't put an end to the district's troubles.

Walking into a courtroom can be a sobering experience. Dark wood panels line the walls, a dozen or more people sit in the jury box, the gallery has pew-like benches occupied by curious citizens, and presiding over all this on a raised dais is the judge.

When Yamhill County Information Systems Director Murray Paolo came under scrutiny last month for alleged on-the-job improprieties, he answered to the full board of commissioners.

A 24-year-old man accused of murdering his father, a Yamhill Carlton School Board Chairman, first told authorities that his father shot himself while cleaning his gun, court documents show.

Andrew James Webb, who escaped Aug. 19 while being returned to the Yamhill County Jail following a court appearance, was sentenced Monday in Multnomah County Circuit Court to 15 months in prison for assaulting a sheriff's deputy while in custody at the Justice Center in downtown Portland.

The son of Yamhill-Carlton School Board Chair Rodney A. Sitton, who died Tuesday afternoon of a gunshot wound to the head, was charged today with murder in connection with the death.

A 28-year-old inmate with a history of run-ins with law enforcement was sentenced Monday to 15 months in prison for pummeling a Multnomah County sheriff's deputy after he was told to go back to his jail cell.

In the same way that military personnel returning from combat have been documented to relive traumatic experiences, or be set off by apparently harmless gestures, so too can people who've been sexually abused as children.

Yamhill County should cut a deal with Waste Management to phase out its controversial landfill along the banks of the Yamhill River and replace it with an alternative technology that burns, recycles or turns trash into fuel instead of dumping it, a consultant says.

The Allison Inn and Spa, which opened last month and includes a vineyard, is being touted as a crucial link between lodging and the wine industry and the first step in developing Yamhill County's agri-tourism sector.

Trial has been set for Tuesday, Nov. 10, for accused child sex abuser Darrin Daily, who faces 53 counts alleging sex acts with girls 4, 14 and 15.

McMinnville detectives have arrested a man in connection with a shooting that occurred late last month.

An escape two months ago made for great video footage and should lead to changes in how the Yamhill County Sheriff's Department handles prisoner transport.

A Yamhill County man accused of sex crimes against two teenagers and a 4-year-old girl was in court Monday for a hearing on a trial date.

Consultants called for development of a countywide road map of agri-tourism potential during a presentation this week to the Yamhill County Board of Commissioners.

Some newborn kittens born to one of the feral cats on the fairgrounds are being held at dog control.

Ten days after a street shooting spurred a nighttime manhunt throughout northern McMinnville, and a wave of citizen apprehension as a result, police arrested the alleged gunman Friday night at the county jail, where he was being held on an unrelated charge.

An Oregon man accused of using Craigslist to arrange group sex with a 14-year-old girl and photographing it has been indicted on new charges involving a 4-year-old girl.

Darrin Vaughn Daily, 44, of Newberg, Ore., is seen in an undated photo provided by the Yamhill County Sheriff's Office.

A A A used car salesman was arrested Thursday by Newberg-Dundee Police officers following an investigation that led to the cancellation of the dealer's license.

A Newberg man and three other people have been arrested in what police describe as case involving sex crimes against two teenagers, a dog, and a four-year-old. Yamhill County Jail Police say Darrin Vaughn Daily raped several children and took photos on a teen having sex with his dog.

A The Oregon State Bar Association is bringing a formal ethics complaint against Circuit Court Judge Carroll Tichenor, for allegedly violating several ethics rules while a prosecutor with the Yamhill County district attorney's office.

Hump Day Happenings: House, Senate and stinking it up in Roseburg Weidner claims Hunt was motivated by partisan politics and that the tax increases would hurt residents in a down economy.

State ethics officials are looking into an allegation that a state legislator from Yamhill County tried to enlist two steelworkers who asked for help on a bill into helping him sell an electronic device to their steel mill.

Although her studio is in Portland, Jackie McCartin is a frequent visitor to the Newberg area, where she draws inspiration for her work.