Lafayette plans drive-through pumpkin fest
Lafayette will host a Drive-Thru Pumpkinfest from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 17, at Joel Perkins Park. Youngsters will receive a pumpkin and a bag full of Halloween treats, while supplies last. Wascher ...
Sparks sentenced to life without parole in 12-year-old's murder
One final time on Tuesday, family members of Lacey Renee Robancho gathered in person and by telephone to address her murderer. He was sentenced to death in 1999, but in 2017, the appeals court affirmed ...
Former Lafayette mayor dies
Former Lafayette mayor Don Leard, a businessman and city benefactor, died this week. He was 69. Services are pending under the direction of Attrell’s Newberg Funeral Chapel. Leard owned numerous ...
Stopping by: Lafayette's history buff delves into area's past
Greg Goularte lives in a house once occupied by Josephine Wascher, a beloved Lafayette educator who was principal of the city’s old school and namesake of the new one. “When we moved in, we ...
Filing deadlines approach for candidates in city races
Deadlines are approaching for filing for Yamhill County city offices. Candidates must file this month to run for mayor or city council openings. The last date for filing varies by city. To run for a ...
Sentencing hearing set for Sparks
A Sept. 22 sentencing hearing has been set for convicted murderer Jeffery Sparks, who has been on Oregon’s death row for 21 years. Sparks, 63, was convicted in 1999 of raping and murdering 12-year-old ...
Volunteers discover graves during cemetery cleanup in Lafayette
More than a dozen people sprucing up the Lafayette Masonic Cemetery found something unexpected: forgotten graves. While clearing blackberry vines from the hilltop cemetery’s west side on July 18, ...
Mac school district planning for in-person and distance learning
McMinnville and Lafayette students are expected to return to school in September using a combination of in-person and distance-learning classes or a comprehensive distance program. Most parents ...
Lafayette to buy Mac water
A new water transmission line between McMinnville and Lafayette, a project decades in the making, is expected to be operational by the end of the month. Water & Light’s board of directors, led ...
‘Beauty destroyed’: Vandals wreak havoc at Lafayette Masonic Cemetery
Johnny Edwards, caretaker and sexton at the Lafayette and McMinnville Masonic cemeteries, said he’s been “traipsing around headstones” since he was in his early 20s. He simply enjoys ...
Mayors, council seats up for election in November
Voters in cities around Yamhill County will elect council members and, in most cases, mayors in the Nov. 3 general election. Candidates can start filing in McMinnville, Newberg and most other cities this ...
Lafayette planners review 238-lot subdivision
The Lafayette Planning Commission will consider a request Thursday for annexation of 40 acres into the city, part of a 60-acre site on which a developer wants to build a 238-lot subdivision. Twenty of ...
Lafayette, Dayton offer mutual aid to businesses, residents
The cities of Dayton and Lafayette are offering local residents the opportunity to help themselves while supporting local businesses through utility relief programs. In Dayton, residents may turn in up ...
Oregon announces first presumptive case of coronavirus
Oregon anounced its first presumptive case of novel coronavirus Friday evening. An adult resident of Washington County experienced symptoms of COVID-19 beginning Feb. 19, and a sample was collected ...
Tickets still available for home tour
Five local homes will be decorated to the nines for the 31st annual Wine Country Holiday Home Tour, a fundraiser for Soroptimist International of McMinnville. The tour will run from noon to 4 pm. Sunday, ...
