Principal sex abuse — Police and school documents indicate a high school principal in Western Oregon had sexually abused a student for years, but officials failed to uncover the abuse despite suspicions from faculty members. Springfield police launched an investigation in late January after a teacher alerted authorities to an overheard rumor involving Academy of Arts and Academics Principal Mike Fisher. The Springfield School District placed Fisher on leave, and he killed himself last month. District officials say they responded as soon as they learned about the allegations against Fisher. Police interviewed the victim, who said the abuse began when she was 14 years old and continued into her adulthood. A parent alerted administrators to Fisher’s possible inappropriate behavior in 2007, but the report did not lead to criminal charges.

Strip club lawsuit — A 28-year-old man who says he still has scars on his forehead two years after an adult dancer threw a beer glass at him has filed a lawsuit against her Oregon strip club. Cholo Circulado is seeking $50,000 in damages. Circulado acknowledged that he told the Acropolis strip club dancer in March 2016 to take off her clothes using lewd terms and threw a dollar bill folded into a paper airplane at her. But his attorney says Circulado’s actions didn’t warrant the dancer’s response. Police say the dancer, then-23-year-old Aryanne Elyse Curcio, told officers she might have overreacted. An attorney for the strip club couldn’t be reached for comment. Curcio also couldn’t be reached for comment. The lawsuit claims Acropolis is liable for its employees.

Cougars euthanized — Wildlife officials have put down three cougars that killed livestock belonging to multiple Oregon homeowners. The large cats were euthanized. Wildlife biologist Nancy Taylor said a resident reported on Feb. 16 that one of her goats had been killed by a cougar. A federal trapper then captured and euthanized an adult and two juvenile cougars. A nearby resident had called a week earlier after presumably the same cougars killed several sheep. The trapper was unable to catch the cougars then. Oregon law allows homeowners to kill a cougar if the cat attacks their livestock. Taylor said the owner of the property where the three cougars were euthanized was allowed to keep the meat, skull and hide of the cats.