Local News

Thousands of rubber ducks are prepped and ready for the 2012 Grants Pass Rotary Duck Race.

 

Glenn McKinney, who was reported missing since September 16th without his medication has been located in the Cave Junction area is in police custody.

 

The Medford City Council is going to send a letter to federal officials expressing concern over the recent Coquille Indian tribe’s proposal to build a casino in the city.

 

Authorities are searching for Glenn McKinney, 58, who walked away from the Crisis Resolution Center in Grants Pass on September 16th and has not been seen since.

 

A former martial arts instructor will have to teach his classes in a prison yard after receiving an eight year and nine month prison sentence today for sexually abusing his former underage female students.

 

27-year-old Elias Ortiz III, a man known for saying few words, spoke volumes through his actions after committing a violent robbery spree only two months after he was released from prison.

 

Josephine County Commissioners, in a rare Thursday vote that was given public notice yesterday, passed order number 2012-041, authorizing the county jail capacity to not exceed 99 inmates, an increase of 39 from the previous cap of 60 detainees.

 

Anthony Gilbert Rodriguez, 18 years old and listed as a transient, was arrested Wednesday afternoon at 1860 Highland Avenue on an attempted murder charge along with assault 2, felon in possession of a firearm and two failure to appear warrants.

 

Bob Johnson, 64, former owner and operator of four Medford Radio stations died September 17th at a Redding, California Hospital from septic shock.