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Driver of `Lookalike` Police Car Arrested and Cited for Numerous Traffic Violations

Deputies found no evidence that Winfrey was attempting to pull over cars to contact drivers and falsely represent himself as a police officer.

(SALEM) - A 27-year old Washington resident was arrested and released on a citation after deputies caught him driving recklessly on Interstate 5 Saturday morning.

Around 9:24 a.m., a deputy spotted a car traveling at a high rate of speed, with white and amber flashing lights in the front windshield, and flashing blue lights in the grill.

Shamrock Shenanigans: Luck or Skill?

Let us depend less on the myth of elusive luck and instead sharpen up our skills regularly.

(SALEM) - Each of us has a "personal beef" in the many cliches we hear in everyday conversation.

People do not generally mean to be misleading or inaccurate. Yet that pitfall is very hard to avoid. How many of us fall automatically into wishing "Good Luck" to somebody facing a new challenge?

Violence Stirs World for Women Victims!

Ever since Cain and Abel, violence has been viewed as "unacceptable". An educated public is an enlightened public. Let those Dark Ages cease for all time.

(SALEM) - The subject of "violence" resurfaced in the recent Newtown massacre of innocent children.

However, as a society we have yet to adequately address Violence Against Women. It can no longer be surreptitiously swept under the rug.

Deputies Searching for Salem Man Missing Since Sunday Morning

Anyone with information on Mr. Dassenko's whereabouts is asked to call the Marion County Sheriff's Office Dispatcher Center at 503.588.5032.

(SALEM) - The Marion County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's assistance in locating a Salem man, missing since March 3rd.

Defendant Pleads Guilty to Aggravated Murder

Nicky Chavez and Jhosuamil Colon-Lebron were arrested in California.

(SALEM) - Today, Nicky Dave Chavez pled no contest to Aggravated Murder with a Firearm for the October 16, 2011 shooting death of David Polanco.

Polanco's body was found in an apartment off Devonshire Ave. NE, Salem, Oregon after several people called 911 to report gunshots. He had been bound and shot multiple times.

Smiling Leaves Clinic Serves Salem OMMP Residents

New clinic serves Oregon Medical Marijuana Program patients.

(SALEM) - Smiling Leaves Clinic is an OMMP clinic serving the Salem and surrounding areas since November 2012.

SLC holds monthly clinic dates for those needing an Oregon Medical Marijuana Program (OMMP) card or needing their card renewed.

Preserve the Credit Workers Have Earned

They've earned it.

(SILVERTON, OR) - Working families with low incomes have earned the Earned Income Tax Credit, and the Oregon legislature should act quickly to make sure they keep it.

Many Oregonians toil in jobs that pay too little, so they struggle to make ends meet.

Tow Truck Crashes After Losing Brakes on South Salem Hill

Press release from the Marion County Sheriff's Office.

(SALEM) - The owner of a local towing company did something he thought he'd never do; he supervised the recovery of his tow truck following a crash that landed the truck near the bottom of a steep hill.

The incident began at about 11:52am, this morning when Mickey Henson, 51, of M & M Towing in Woodburn was called to the scene of an earlier crash to help with the removal of a large truck trailer.

Walmart Truck Crash Blocks River Road South (PHOTOS)

The driver was cited for violating the road use limits.

(SALEM) - Marion County Sheriff's Deputies are diverting traffic around the intersection of River Road South and Orville Road South due to a truck crash that is blocking River Road at the railroad crossing.

Deputies were called to the scene at 8:53 a.m.

VIDEO: Pedestrian Fatally Struck by Vehicle in Salem

The pedestrian was deceased at the scene.

(SALEM) - Police responded to a report of a serious motor vehicle crash at 7:11 p.m. Monday, in the 2500 block of Lancaster Dr NE.

Officers determined the crash involved a single motor vehicle and a pedestrian.