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 ...
Mershon sentenced to 18 1/2 years in prison
Richard Mershon was sentenced to 222 months - 18 1/2 years - in prison Friday morning in Yamhill County Circuit Court after being found guilty last week by a unanimous vote of the 12-person jury ...
Reach the Beach goes through Yamhill County Saturday
Three segments of the American Lung Association’s annual Reach the Beach “Cycle for Air” fundraising bike ride will start in Yamhill County Saturday morning. About 3,000 riders are expected ...
McMinnville walk fights hunger
A walk to raise money and awareness about hunger starts at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, May 19, at the McMinnville First Presbyterian Church, 390 N.E. Second St. Registration starts at 2 p.m. Live music will be ...
Council won't see business licensing law yet
The draft of a law imposing local businesses licenses will not be on the McMinnville City Council’s Tuesday, May 14, agenda. “I expect that it will move to the council for consideration later ...

Rollover crashbriefly closes area of Ninth and Davis streets
A rollover crash about 10:20 a.m. Friday closed the intersection of Northeast Ninth and Davis streets in McMinnville. Some neighboring streets were also impacted. Three vehicles were involved, with a ...
Budget, homelessness, business license on city's May calendar
McMinnville Finance Director Marcia Baragary said the city’s 2019-20 budget will be hand-delivered to members of the budget committee throughout the day Friday. It will be made available to the ...
Soup kitchen holds event
The Soup Kitchen at St. Barnabas will hold its annual dinner and fundraiser from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Saturday, May 4, at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church, 822 S.W. Second St. The event supports the soup kitchen, ...

Slash burn contained on High Heaven Road
Fifteen crews from Amity, Carlton, McMinnville and the Oregon Department of Forestry responded to an out of control slash burn in rural McMinnville early Tuesday afternoon. Additional crews from Amity, ...
Water & Light to meet April 30
The McMinnville Water & Light board of commissioners will hold a special meeting on June 18, for a workshop on the cost of providing electricity to customers. The meeting, which is open to the public, ...

Racial intimidation defendant goes to jail
Keysaun Goodyear and Emora Roberson, victims in the Amber Rocco racial intimidation case, were not in Yamhill County Circuit Court for the defendant’s plea and sentencing hearing Tuesday ...
Health educator to present 'last lecture'
Dawn Graff-Haight, professor of health education at Linfield College, will give her final public lecture on Wednesday, April 24. The free program will start at 7 p.m. in Ice Auditorium in Melrose Hall ...

Suspicious package investigated in McMinnville
A suspicious package was found Thursday afternoon in the 1600 block of Southwest Goucher Street in McMinnville. Officers were dispatched to the area shortly before 5 p.m. A postal employee found ...