'He just wanted to go to jail'
A transient walked into U.S. Bank Tuesday afternoon, demanded $5 from a teller, told the employee to call the police and then waited for McMinnville officers to arrive. The suspect was identified as convicted ...
Little house, big lessons
YAMHILL — After nearly two years of work, most of it one hour at a time, Yamhill-Carlton High School’s tiny house is ready for a new owner. Career tech students designed and built the 20-by-8-foot ...
Turkey Rama car show today
Turkey Rama continues today with a car show running from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Third Street. Car owners are asked to arrive between 8 and 9 a.m. Sunday. Registration on site is $25 per vehicle. McMinnville’s ...
Restraint motion will be filed in Wolfe murder case
Attorneys for Michael Wolfe, charged with murdering Karissa Fretwell, a 25-year-old single mother from Salem, and her three-year-old son, William “Billy” Fretwell II, told Yamhill County Circuit ...
Email posted on Facebook draws backlash for city
McMinnville Community Development Director Mike Bisset said a city-sanctioned site for people to live in their cars at the corner of Northeast Riverside Drive and Lafayette Avenue was far from a done deal. A ...
Pedestrian struck in McMinnville
A pedestrian was struck by a vehicle shortly before 11 p.m. Saturday at the intersection of Highway 99W and Northeast McDonald Lane. The victim was identified as Jesus Garcia-Garcia, 26, of McMinnville, ...
Lions host annual community breakfast
McMinnville Lions Club will host its 34th annual community breakfast Sunday, June 23, at the McMinnville Airport. The pancake, eggs and ham breakfast will be served from 7 a.m. to noon. Cost is $8 for ...
Relay for Life to be held Saturday
Cancer survivors and their supporters will walk the Patton Middle School track from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday, June 22, in the annual Yamhill County Relay for Life. The event raises money for American ...
Water & Light to meet at 3 today
The McMinnville Water & Light Commission will meet at 3 p.m. today, to hold a public hearing on a proposed electricity rate increase. The meeting will be held in the utility’s conference room, ...
Flag Day event tonight
American Legion Post 21 in McMinnville will host a Flag Day ceremony at 8 o’clock tonight, June 14. The ceremony will honor the U.S. flag. Legion members are accepting worn and torn flags for a ...
Woman's alleged attacker back in local custody
Jermaine Streeter attempted to kill Traci Spurgeon in early May of last year, a Yamhill County Grand Jury indictment alleges. The 30-year-old Streeter has been returned to ...
Portion of Yamhill County manufactured home discarded
HILLSBORO - A Portland man who came to Yamhill County, picked up one half of a double-wide manufactured home and then illegally dumped it in the Echo Shaw Elementary School parking lot in Cornelius has ...
Meeting will look at suicide prevention
The McMinnville School District will host a program about suicide prevention and awareness Saturday morning, June 1. The adults-only program will run from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at McMinnville High School. ...
Council bans camping on public property; passes sewer fee increase
People caught camping on city property risk getting arrested and sent to jail under a law passed by the McMinnville City Council Tuesday night. The law allows people to sleep on public property, but they ...
Homelessness tops council agenda
The McMinnville City Council meets at 5:45 p.m. tonight at the McMinnville Community Center, 600 N.E. Evans St. The meeting starts with a work session in which councilors are scheduled to discuss possible ...
