Crime & Justice

State board grants parole to third Redmond 5 murderer

Seth Koch, who beat a woman with empty wine bottles before fatally shooting her with a hunting rifle…

Bend

‘Someone has got to know something’; Before killing, Bend real estate investor had it all

Leonard Peverieri had it all by the time he decided to slow down. He had spent decades working…

Bend

‘Thrill killer’ convicted of murdering Bend nurse denied parole

A man who was convicted in the murder of a Bend nurse in 1982 was denied parole earlier…

Crime & Justice

Investigation that led to arrest of Forest Service burn boss ongoing, sheriff says

CANYON CITY — Six months after a U.S. Forest Service employee was arrested on suspicion of reckless burning…

Bend

Driver slams into Deschutes County courthouse after driving through downtown at 70 mph

A  driver crashed into a metal beam in front of the Deschutes County Circuit Court in downtown Bend…

Crime & Justice

Police respond to injury near Best Western in Sisters

A person with a self-inflicted gunshot wound sparked a “heavy law enforcement presence” around a Best Western motel…

Bend

‘There’s no excuse for what I did’; Redmond 5 murderer seeks release from prison

Seth Koch was 15 when he beat a woman with empty wine bottles before fatally shooting her with…

Crime & Justice

Second man charged in torture, murder of Warm Springs man

A second man has been charged in the 2020 murder of a Warm Springs man in Jefferson County.…

Crime & Justice

Body of missing Warm Springs man found after search stopped due to weather

The body of Lee Johnson, a Warm Springs man  who had been missing for more than a month,…

Bend

Bend family loses home, dogs in one of two house fires Monday

Bend firefighters responded to two separate house fires Monday evening, one of which ended in a family losing…

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