Enhanced traffic patrols planned for "cruising" weekend
The Yamhill County Multi-Agency Traffic Team will conduct enhanced traffic safety enforcement patrols the afternoon and evening hours of Friday and Saturday, Aug. 24 and 25. These dates coincide with ...
Reward posted in unsolved assault case
Rick Weidner learned through an Instagram post that a fundraiser to assist McMinnville assault victim Traci Spurgeon was planned. The downtown McMinnville Harvest Fresh Grocery & Deli, where ...
Firefighters respond to Davis Street blaze
McMinnville firefighters responded about 6:35 p.m. Monday to a reported residential structure fire in the 800 block of Southeast Davis Street. Flames were contained to a porch, according to Yamhill Communications ...
Owls to be released at local vineyards
In late March, a baby great horned owl fell out of its nest. A passerby found it unresponsive along the Yamhill River. After months of rehabilitation at Salem’s Turtle Ridge Wildlife Center, the ...
McMinnville receives another grant for after school program
The state Department of Education has awarded McMinnville a $2.4 million, five-year grant for after school programs. About 87 Oregon districts applied for the federally-funded 21st Century Community Learning ...
Cougar sighting reported at Miller Woods
A cougar sighting was reported about 11 a.m. Tuesday northwest of McMinnville at the Miller Woods Conservatory Area, according to the Oregon State Police. Krista Gentry of Lafayette told a trooper she ...
Sex abuser draws 30-year sentence
David Alberto Zuniga’s victim told her mother she “did not stand a chance” of getting him to stop sexually abusing her. “You broke my daughter,” her mother told the 30-year-old ...
Neighborhood Watch meeting set
The McMinnville Police Department is hosting an informational meeting to educate residents on Neighborhood Watch and how to start a program. The meeting will take place from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, June ...
Pedestrian struck by vehicle
Police and medical personnel responded about 8:40 a.m. Wednesday to a report of a pedestrian who had been struck by a vehicle at Northeast Fifth and Baker streets. The victim was transported by McMinnville ...
Mother of infant charged in death
[Updated 9 a.m. 1/23/18] Clely Arely Flores-Ramirez consumed seven or eight double shots of rum the night before she and David Arias called 911 to report her three-month-old daughter was not breathing, ...
McMinnville police car struck
A McMinnville police officer sustained a bruised leg when his patrol vehicle was struck by another car Thursday night. Capt. Tim Symons gave this account: Shortly after 10 p.m., the officer, ...
Apartment fire claims life in Mac
One person was killed when a fire swept through units at the Park Place Apartments, 230 S.E. Evans St., Sunday night. About 9:30 p.m., the Yamhill Communications Agency 911 dispatch center received multiple ...
Fire damages McMinnville home
A fire caused about $40,000 damage to a McMinnville home last Wednesday morning. Firefighters responded to the residence at 910 N.E. Fourth St. shortly before 8 a.m., according to McMinnville Fire ...
McMinnville house fire reported
McMinnville firefighters responded shortly before 8 a.m. Wednesday to a house fire at 910 N.E. Fourth St. Heavy smoke was coming from the second floor of the two-story wood structure, according to Yamhill ...
McMinnville fire kills 71-year-old woman
A 71-year-old woman died early Sunday morning as the result of a fire at her Northeast McMinnville residence. She was identified as Betty Wilson, who lived at the Willamette Place Senior Apartments, ...
