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Drive to Remember for Fallen Officers Will Visit Salem(PHOTOS)

"Drive to Remember for Fallen Officers" to Stop in Front of State Capitol Building on Travels Through Oregon Wednesday

(SALEM, Ore.) - Approaching the month of May when several special events locally and nationally will recognize the service and sacrifice of law enforcement officers, a somber reminder will travel through Oregon.

Letter to the Editor: Regarding Salem`s Recent Monkey Business

Re: “Owner of Monkey in Salem Riverfront Park Incident Comes Forward,” April 21

(NORWALK, Va.) - Editor:

No one would debate the challenges faced by less-abled people, but forcing monkeys to bridge the gap is taking an injustice done to one and placing it on another.

The Helping Hands training program removes infant monkeys from their mothers within days or weeks of birth—separations that are extremely traumatic for both mother and baby.

Clackamas Deputies Arrest Suspect Described as `Aggressive` Car Prowler

Investigators are looking for at least one witness.

(CLACKAMAS, Ore.) - Investigators say a resident watched a male subject smash a vehicle window this morning, then begin removing items while it was in the Safeway parking lot in Damascus.

Arsenic Testing in Residential Wells Passes Senate

SB 739 will require home sellers to test for additional chemicals.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Arsenic will be added to the list of chemicals tested in residential wells under legislation passed today in the Senate.

Since 1989, Oregon law has required that a seller of any real estate that includes a well that supplies ground water for domestic purposes must test for nitrate and total coliform bacteria. SB 739 will add arsenic to that list.

Aggravated 1st Degree Murder Plea Entered on Powell Road Investigation from June

Sheriff Bill Mahoney says its one more example of the great cooperation among local law enforcement agencies.

(KELSO, Wash.) - The Cowlitz County Sheriff's Office announced today that Matthew Wayne Fillmore, a 21-year old Tacoma resident, pled guilty to Aggravated Murder 1st degree last week in Pierce County Superior Court.

On June 17, 2008, Cowlitz County investigators responded to a location on Powell Road, just outside of Castle Rock, where the body of the victim, Jerry Shirk, had been found.

A Different Kind of Rat Patrol

Outdoor reporter Gerrit Roelof shows us how hunters sharpen their skills while reducing rat populations; stimulating the eco system in the process.

(SALEM, Ore.) - As many of you outdoors enthusiasts can relate to, I get excited when the seasons start to change. I know this means that a whole slew of new activities are coming up. Springtime is especially busy, for many reasons.

Oregon Governor Hits the Road for Hunger Awareness Week (AUDIO)

The number of people requesting emergency food boxes is up about 30 percent in his area.

(ONTARIO, Ore.) - It's Hunger Awareness Week in Oregon through May 3, and food bank locations are scrambling to meet record demand in many areas of the state.

To help drum up donations, on Thursday and Friday Gov. Ted Kulongoski will hop aboard an Oregon Food Bank truck to run a multi-city delivery route to eastern Oregon.

More Police Abuse in the Southwest?

He has 12 complaints in his career; a suspension last year for violating procedures and neglecting duty, and a reprimand for unprofessional conduct; how could this El Paso Police officer not have already been deemed a liability?

(EL PASO, Texas) - Members of an El Paso TV news crew were treated like criminals April 20th by a cop who appeared to lose his mind without cause.

He's has been placed on a desk job but he's still wearing his badge.

Marijuana Misinformation: It Started With Reefer Madness

People keep using it because it works not because they are addicts.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - I first wrote about this subject a year ago about Dr. Andrea Andrea Barthwell, the attack Pit Bull for former Drug Czar John Walters who didn’t have one good word for medical marijuana, but she was working for the Sativex Company which makes medicine from, guess what, marijuana!

For anyone with a lick of sense, the movie Reefer Madness was the funniest, most grotesque movie ever produced by bad actors pimping a very bad script but it has probably been seen by millions of extremely gullible viewers who believed it.

Police Charge Three Juveniles With Arson

Charges against the young suspects include second-degree Arson, second-degree Burglary, Reckless Burning and second-degree Trespass.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Three West Salem juveniles face charges in connection with an arson fire Sunday that resulted in no injuries, but did lead to the loss of a turn of the century area home.