Plea bargain in double homicide — A man facing a possible death sentence for killing his mother and a nephew has made a bargain with prosecutors: a life sentence without the possibility of parole and no appeals to higher courts. Adrien Graham Wallace was sentenced Tuesday. Last week, a jury took about 12 minutes to convict him of aggravated murder. After conferring with his attorneys, Wallace decided not to go ahead with the sentencing phase, in which the jury could have sentenced him to die. Wallace did not deny killing Saundra Sue Wallace, 71, in 2012 in Lake Oswego along with Nicholas Brian Juarez, 16. They were shot nearly 20 times from about 3 feet with a rifle. His lawyers mounted an insanity defense. A psychologist, Henry Miller, testified that Wallace suffered from psychosis that began when he was a child, kept three loaded weapons to protect him from monsters and got orders from God to “attack and kill” on June 4, 2012. But a prosecutor, Chris Owen, noted that Wallace didn’t bring up what was termed a “command hallucination” until nine months after the killings.

Missing man found dead — A Linn County sheriff’s officer said a missing 91-year-old man with dementia has been found dead in a creek. Undersheriff Jim Yon says Ashby “Al” Getz was reported missing late Monday night from a residence outside Scio. The property backs up to Thomas Creek. Getz had last been seen earlier in the evening reading a book inside the home. The sheriff’s office used deputies, county search and rescue responders and the county dive team to search for the man. The Oregon Air National Guard sent a helicopter.

Klamath County slaying — Authorities in Klamath County said a woman has been arrested in the shooting death of a man in Bly, a small town east of Klamath Falls. District Attorney Rob Patridge said in a statement the shooting happened Monday but released few details about it. He identified the victim as 23-year-old Blake Anthony Brazeal. He said 58-year-old Marilyn Ann Harding was in custody.

Day care marijuana — The manager of a Salem day care who smokes marijuana is confident the state will reinstate the day care’s license. Alphabet Academy Learning Center manager Charity Araujo says she has a medical marijuana prescription and is not doing anything wrong. The state suspended the license because she and other staff members smoke pot while children are at the facility. But Araujo said she is not allowed to smoke pot in the presence of the children and there must be another adult caregiver present when she’s high. “Stop being so judgmental. It’s not like we’re running around playing with our kids all high,” Araujo said. She says four employees have pot prescriptions.

Wheat fungus — Oregon State University experts have alerted farmers to a fungal disease in Willamette Valley wheat fields. The disease, called sharp eyespot, has appeared sparingly in the valley over the years but spread this year, infecting as much as 50 percent of individual fields. Oregon State University field crops extension agent Nicole Anderson and OSU cereal pathologist Chris Mundt identified the disease and warned farmers that yields could suffer. Anderson says researchers are speculating that abnormally dry conditions caused the fungus to move into plants this spring.