Salem-News.com News Feed for articles tagged with springfield www.salem-news.com 2010 ODFW will host several public meetings to present proposed new rules related to the training of hunting dogs and raptors and competitive field trials for hunting dogs. The purpose of the revision is to relax and clarify the current rules, which are inconsistent with most commercial and recreational dog and raptor training taking place http://salem-news.com/articles/november162010/odfw-hunting-dogs.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november162010/odfw-hunting-dogs.php Tue, 16 Nov 2010 20:41:00 PST Jordan Hasay won the NCAA West Regional individual title to lead the Women of Oregon to a runner-up finish Saturday at Springfield Country Club. The Men of Oregon then topped that by taking the team title in a two-point decision over Stanford in a thrilling morning of racing along the Mohawk River. http://salem-news.com/articles/november132010/ducks-crosscountry-ncaa.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november132010/ducks-crosscountry-ncaa.php Sat, 13 Nov 2010 15:03:00 PST A Eugene man was seriously injured early Monday morning in a single vehicle rollover crash in the southbound lanes of Interstate 5 in the Eugene/Springfield area. Oregon State Police (OSP) troopers are continuing the investigation for which the man is facing several charges. http://salem-news.com/articles/november012010/single-vehicle-duiicrash.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november012010/single-vehicle-duiicrash.php Mon, 01 Nov 2010 18:14:00 PDT The third of three suspects sought following a reported home invasion robbery in Oakridge and subsequent attempt to elude in a vehicle and on foot was arrested Sunday afternoon following release from an area hospital. All three suspects are now lodged in the Lane County Jail after their arrests late Friday night near Vida. The investigation is continuing. http://salem-news.com/articles/november012010/third-suspect-identified.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november012010/third-suspect-identified.php Mon, 01 Nov 2010 17:54:00 PDT Two of the three suspects sought following a reported home invasion robbery in Oakridge and subsequent attempt to elude in a vehicle and on foot are now lodged in the Lane County Jail and their names are being released. All three were taken into custody by late Friday night near Vida and were being treated at an area hospital for various possible injuries. The third suspect's name is withheld until he has been released from the hospital and lodged at the Lane County Jail. The investigation is continuing. http://salem-news.com/articles/october302010/oakridge-home-invasion.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october302010/oakridge-home-invasion.php Sat, 30 Oct 2010 10:34:00 PDT Police are investigating a fatal traffic crash that happened Friday along I-5 south of the Harrisburg interchange, that resulted in the death of an Oakridge man. Senior Trooper Russell Decker says OSP will work with the medical examiner to learn if a possible medical problem may have been a contributing factor. http://salem-news.com/articles/april172010/fatal-oakridge.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april172010/fatal-oakridge.php Sat, 17 Apr 2010 01:23:00 PDT Oregon State Police troopers are investigating a single-vehicle crash on Highway 126E near Vida that left two people dead. According to OSP Sergeant Michael Brewster, on March 20, 2010 at approximately 8:13 p.m., a 1956 Ford sedan driven by a 64 year-old Kenneth Craig Marx of Blue River, was eastbound on Hwy 126E at milepost 33 negotiating a curve when, for an unknown reason, it left the roadway and struck a tree. http://salem-news.com/articles/march212010/fatal-vida.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march212010/fatal-vida.php Sun, 21 Mar 2010 14:00:00 PDT A Springfield-area motorcyclist who was seriously injured Monday afternoon in a motorcycle crash, died early Wednesday morning at an area hospital. The crash happened police say, when the rider lost control of his motorcycle and crashed on Belt Line Road north of Eugene. Oregon State Police says 21-year old Timothy Russell Tull of Springfield was riding a 1997 Yamaha motorcycle September 14, 2009 at approximately 4:10 p.m. eastbound on Belt Line Road near milepost 6 when the crash occurred. http://salem-news.com/articles/september162009/mc_fatal_eugene_9-16-09.php http://salem-news.com/articles/september162009/mc_fatal_eugene_9-16-09.php Wed, 16 Sep 2009 10:29:00 PDT The McKenzie Pass Highway (OR 242) is now officially open to all traffic. The highway has been closed to complete a highway repaving project that has now been completed. The nearly $4 million dollar project, funded by the Federal Highway Administration, cut back the slope and realigned the highway, replaced two bridges and repaved the highway surface making the road more stable and safe for all users. http://salem-news.com/articles/august112009/mckenzie_pass_8-10-09.php http://salem-news.com/articles/august112009/mckenzie_pass_8-10-09.php Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:19:00 PDT Police say a commercial truck driver from North Carolina died this afternoon at a Springfield-area hospital after a major freeway crash that happened around 12:30 p.m. Oregon State Police Lieutenant Mike Bloom, says the truck's driver, 66-year old George R. Kent of Bunn, North Carolina, failed to stop for slowing traffic and ran into the back of another commercial vehicle northbound on Interstate 5 at the Belt Line Road interchange. http://salem-news.com/articles/june142009/fatal_springfield_6-14-09.php http://salem-news.com/articles/june142009/fatal_springfield_6-14-09.php Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:41:00 PDT U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced that Lane Transit District will receive $2.9 million in ARRA funds for the Pioneer Parkway extension of the “Emerald Express” Bus Rapid Transit system serving Eugene and Springfield, Oregon. Last year, the Federal Transit Administration signed a “project construction grant agreement” to provide $32.5 million of the $41.3 million total project cost to be paid out in annual increments through 2010. http://salem-news.com/articles/may072009/feds_emerald_exprs_5-7-09.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may072009/feds_emerald_exprs_5-7-09.php Thu, 07 May 2009 10:34:00 PDT Police say last November 2nd, at 10:17 a.m., Corvallis officers responded to a panic alarm from DeDe's All Lottery Games at 1786 NW 9th Street. Weeks later they responded to another armed robbery in Corvallis. The suspects in both of those incidents have been arrested. One is in custody in Oregon and the other man is in California. http://salem-news.com/articles/april222009/suspects_arrested_4-22-09.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april222009/suspects_arrested_4-22-09.php Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:05:00 PDT Oregon State Police has been notified that a Medford-area man seriously injured Sunday afternoon when his motorcycle collided with a sport utility vehicle southbound Interstate 5 just south of the Brownsville interchange died early Tuesday morning at a hospital. 76-year old Richard Graybeal of Medford, crashed Sunday during a lane change on I-5 at milepost 216. http://salem-news.com/articles/april212009/rider_dies_4-21-09.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april212009/rider_dies_4-21-09.php Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:54:00 PDT Massachusetts State Police say Michael Breshnahan, one of the state's most wanted fugitives, was spotted last weekend in a store in Springfield, Oregon and was then seen hitchhiking on an Oregon highway. 36-year old Breshnahan is wanted for terrorizing and sexually assaulting a 61-year old woman after forcibly entering her home in Winchendon, Mass. last year. Breshnahan, who has been featured on the television show "America's Most Wanted," was seen Saturday night by a viewer, purchasing camping equipment in a Walmart in Springfield, Oregon. Further information developed by local police there revealed that Breshnahan was last seen hitchhiking later that night on northbound Interstate 5 in Springfield. http://salem-news.com/articles/august062008/most_wanted_8-6-08.php http://salem-news.com/articles/august062008/most_wanted_8-6-08.php Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:18:00 PDT Over 100 motorcycle riders showed up this week to pay their respects to a couple that died as a result of a car versus motorcycle crash on the Oregon coast May 17th. The man riding the bike, Robert Ellis Shimp, was a veteran of the U.S. Navy. He was 63-years old. Robert survived for several days but ultimately died as a result of injuries sustained in the crash. His wife, Nancy Ann Shimp who was 75, died at the scene. http://salem-news.com/articles/june032008/shimp_funeral_6-2-08.php http://salem-news.com/articles/june032008/shimp_funeral_6-2-08.php Tue, 03 Jun 2008 08:11:00 PDT Police say a commercial truck was destroyed following a Sunday evening fire after it crashed on Interstate 5 southbound between Eugene and Coburg in a highway construction zone. The driver and passenger were not injured, and the southbound lanes are anticipated to remain closed for about 3 more hours, according to Sergeant Ted Phillips with Oregon State Police in Springfield. http://salem-news.com/articles/april212008/truck_fire_4-21-08.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april212008/truck_fire_4-21-08.php Mon, 21 Apr 2008 01:34:00 PDT Police say a 33-year old Springfield area man died Thursday night from injuries suffered after losing control of his motorcycle and colliding into a highway guardrail near Jasper on Parkway Road south of Springfield. Troopers believed 33-year old Mark Allen Jones was trying to avoid police when the crash happened, said Lt. Greg Hastings, spokesman for OSP. http://salem-news.com/articles/april112008/fatal_mc_crash_4-11-08.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april112008/fatal_mc_crash_4-11-08.php Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:25:00 PDT Oregon Department of Transportation maintenance crews will reopen Highway 126W at 5:00 PM today after clearing slide debris and hundreds of fallen trees from the roadway. ODOT closed the highway between Eugene and Florence at 1:00 AM on Sunday following a landslide at milepoint 25, about 10.5 miles east of Mapleton. http://salem-news.com/articles/january072008/highway_opens_1708.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january072008/highway_opens_1708.php Mon, 07 Jan 2008 17:07:00 PST An investigation by Oregon State Police Lottery Security Section detectives has led to the arrest of a Springfield man who allegedly stole a winning $50,000 scratch-it ticket from the victim at a Springfield restaurant. The suspect was arrested when he came to lottery headquarters to claim the $50,000 prize. Police were contacted by the victim, a 37-year old Kooskia, Idaho resident, on December 26th, reporting the theft that day of a winning Oregon Lottery scratch-it ticket. http://salem-news.com/articles/january072008/lotto_arrest_1708.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january072008/lotto_arrest_1708.php Mon, 07 Jan 2008 11:36:00 PST A 24-year-old Springfield, Oregon man is behind bars today after he allegedly beat an 18-month-old boy over the weekend. Springfield police say Jeffrey Thomas Sprenger was arrested on Wednesday at J.T.’s Place in downtown Springfield, a bar he co-owns, after police found the infant with severe head injuries, which included bruising and lacerations in a backroom of the bar where the child, Sprenger, and the boy's mother were living. Officers responded to the bar after receiving a tip from the boy’s babysitter. http://salem-news.com/articles/april062007/boy_beat_040607.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april062007/boy_beat_040607.php Fri, 06 Apr 2007 07:01:00 PDT Because their workplace is outdoors, forest operators are accustomed to theft and vandalism. But Rod Surcamp never expected thieves to go so far as to steal his ability to fight fire. "For whatever reason – joyriding, stripping the material - someone decided to come in and take our truck," the owner of Springfield-based Surco Log, Inc., said. Sometime last Saturday evening, Surcamp's fire engine was stolen from Weyerhaeuser Corporation forestland southwest of Lorane in Lane County, where his company was processing logs under contract. http://salem-news.com/articles/august252006/truck_stolen_82506.php http://salem-news.com/articles/august252006/truck_stolen_82506.php Fri, 25 Aug 2006 18:43:00 PDT Fire investigators are asking for the public's help in developing information related to several intentionally set fires that occurred Wednesday morning on Camp Creek Road about two miles east of Springfield. A partial description of a vehicle seen in the area is provided to help in the joint investigation involving Oregon State Police Arson & Explosives Section, Oregon Department of Forestry and McKenzie Fire & Rescue. On August 2nd, 2006 at approximately 4:30 AM, McKenzie Fire & Rescue responded to multiple fire set locations along Camp Creek Road east of Springfield. Fire investigators have identified four fire-set locations as well as damaged mailboxes and paper boxes. http://salem-news.com/articles/august022006/arson_springfield_8206.php http://salem-news.com/articles/august022006/arson_springfield_8206.php Wed, 02 Aug 2006 18:31:00 PDT Linn County Sheriff Tim Mueller says search teams located 36-year-old Michael Lee Walter, who was reported missing Saturday afternoon by his family during a camping trip in a remote area approximately 60 miles east of Sweet Home. The last time Walter had been seen by his family was approximately 6:00 PM Friday. Family members initially attempted to locate him themselves, but were unsuccessful. A Linn County Sheriff's Office dispatcher located Walter on a road near the search area at approximately 8:15 AM Monday morning. http://salem-news.com/articles/july172006/linn_man_found_71606.php http://salem-news.com/articles/july172006/linn_man_found_71606.php Mon, 17 Jul 2006 13:30:00 PDT