Two package theft suspects charged
Two package theft suspects have been charged by the Yamhill County Sheriff's Office with theft. They were identified as Jeffrey Michael Blickenstaff, 49, of Lafayette, and Samuel Cloyd Ice, ...
Carlton resident allegedly burglarizes Trappist Abbey
A Carlton transient was arrested Tuesday in connection with a burglary and theft at Our Lady of Guadalupe Trappist Abbey, 9000 block of N.E. Abbey Road, north of Lafayette. Brent Adam Cordie, 25, was ...

Lafayette resident dies in state DOC custody
UMATILLA - A Lafayette man, who was sentenced to 60 months in prison four months ago, died Sunday afternoon at the Two Rivers Correctional Institution, according to the state Department of Corrections. He ...
Head-on crash reported on Highway 99W north of Lafayette
LAFAYETTE - Law enforcement and medical personnel responded about 8:30 a.m. Tuesday to a reported two-vehicle head-on crash north of Lafayette on Highway 99W. The crash involved a vehicle and tractor-trailer ...
Lafayette man dies in crash
SHERWOOD - A Lafayette man was killed Sunday night in a two-vehicle head-on crash on Southwest Roy Rogers Road, south of Bull Mountain road, in rural Sherwood. The Washington County Sheriff's ...

Nunchuck attacker said he wanted to kill his mother
Kasey Heermann told Yamhill County Sheriff's Deputy Todd Steele that he repeatedly struck his mother with nunchucks and his fist, in addition to kicking her in the back, because he wanted to kill her at ...