Baseball gloves theft — Oregon City police said the vice president of the Clackamas Little League has been arrested on a theft charge. Sgt. Matthew Paschall said 33-year-old Kerry Edward Davis turned himself in Thursday, a day after a sporting goods store called to report the theft of three high-end baseball gloves. The gloves’ total value was more than $1,000. Police said the theft was captured on video surveillance, and the store was able to identify the suspect from a credit card he used after taking the gloves. Davis was booked into the Clackamas County Jail. Bail was set at $15,000.

Crow artifacts — The Portland Art Museum will be returning 18 ceremonial packages to Montana’s Crow Indian Reservation decades after the sacred artifacts were taken from the tribe. The museum announced Wednesday that the tribe will get back its medicine bundles, which are typically wrapped in a piece of animal hide and contain everything from beads, seeds, arrowheads and shells. The museum’s director of collections and exhibitions, Donald Urquhart, said Native antiquities and arts dealers sold the 18 Crow medicine bundles to a Eugene collector sometime between 1970 and 1990. The woman then donated them to the museum beginning in the 1980s up until her death in 2004.

Natvigation channel environmental review — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is seeking public comments on a draft environmental review for continued maintenance of the Columbia River Federal Navigation Channel. The proposed maintenance includes placement of dredged material on the shoreline of Rice Island, just upstream from Astoria. The goal is to rebuild and protect the existing placement site and allow development of a forage area for streaked horned larks, a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. Maintenance also includes rehandling of dredged material at an in-water site near Howard Island, located where the Cowlitz River meets the Columbia. It’s needed because sediment deposition is forming too far away from the island for a dredge to directly pump that material to the existing placement site. The public comment period ends Sept. 7.

Vale fire chief resigns — The fire chief in Vale submitted his resignation. Todd Hesse started the job in 2007 and will remain as interim chief until a replacement is hired. Hesse didn’t explain his decision when contacted by The Ontario Argus Observer. He said he enjoyed the work, and family is his first priority. City Manager Lynn Findley plans to quickly begin the recruitment process.

Powder not hazardous — The Washington County sheriff’s office has determined that the white power that prompted an apartment evacuation was not hazardous. The 16-unit Maples complex in Raleigh Hills was evacuated after an envelope containing a white powder was found by an apartment manager on Friday morning. Sgt. Bob Ray said authorities have determined the letter was sent by a woman upset about a personal relationship. No arrests have been made. Ray said he wasn’t sure exactly what the powder was but said it was some type of acidic substance.

Man indicted — A Yamhill County grand jury indicted a man in connection with a head-on crash that seriously injured a sheriff’s deputy. Randy Manns of Depoe Bay has been charged with assault, drunken driving, methamphetamine possession and other crimes. Oregon State Police Lt. Bill Fugate said Friday that the 46-year-old was driving on Highway 18 west of McMinnville when his car crossed the center line and struck a patrol car driven by Deputy David Mills. The deputy is still recovering from the June 28 crash.