Ardeshir Tabrizian

People can now report non-emergency crimes without a suspect to the Salem Police Department online. The new technology took six months of work and cost $21,000.

Staff shortage delays revival of Marion County’s police crisis response team

Court records show Oregon dealt with Tony Willams in both its criminal justice and mental health systems for over 20 years before he was kicked off a bus in Salem and subsequently stabbed 12 people at the Union Gospel Mission downtown.

Staff and residents at Salem’s Union Gospel Mission said Monday they were praying for the Bend man accused of stabbing 12 people Sunday evening at Salem's largest shelter. Five remained hospitalized Monday.

Salem police said they arrested a “male suspect” accused of stabbing 11 people at the Union Gospel Mission Sunday evening. The agency said it did not know the victims’ conditions as of 9:30 p.m.

Marion County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested three 17-year-old boys after reports of gunfire around 11 a.m. Wednesday turned up bullet casings on Northeast Silverton Road.

The Salem City Council Monday night will hear updates from the Salem Police Department about expanded license plate detectors, a new crime reporting system and revamped agency policies.

City officials say two big trial losses and an expensive settlement – all related to police use of force – have triggered higher insurance rates, forcing city departments to pay more with budgets already stretched thin. 

Salem police are investigating a shooting early Thursday morning that damaged a home on Northeast Sherry Court but left no one injured. No suspect has been arrested.

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi on Tuesday announced what she described as the largest fentanyl seizure in U.S. history, following the arrest of a man accused of running a sophisticated drug operation out of Salem with ties to Mexican cartels.

Lil Jon and the Ying Yang Twins will play the 4th of July Spectacular at the Oregon State Fairgrounds.

Salem police on Thursday will start using north-facing red light and speed traffic cameras on Commercial Street at the intersections of Kuebler Boulevard and Madrona Avenue. Existing cameras at those locations only detected westbound and southbound drivers, respectively.

Salem-area voters will find on their ballots a request to renew a Chemeketa Community College bond that would expand career education programs and campus renovations. This is your guide to the measure, and what happens if it passes or fails.

The Oregon Department of Justice is arguing that U.S. District Court Judge Michael McShane failed to follow federal law and ignored DEA policy when he dropped a criminal charge against agent Samuel Landis, who ran a stop sign and caused a collision that killed cyclist Marganne Allen.

The 49th Monster Cookie Metric Century bike ride offers three different routes, the longest a 63-mile course from McNary High School to Mt. Angel and back.

Truck driver Lincoln Smith and the trucking companies that employed him are facing four lawsuits alleging their negligence caused a 2023 crash that killed seven farmworkers and seriously injured three others.

NE Swegle Road partly closed for police response, residents told to shelter in place

A review commissioned by the Marion County Sheriff’s Office found that shootings outside Salem city limits more than tripled over the last decade. The county’s public safety officials now hope to convene a multi-agency team to tackle skyrocketing gang and youth involvement in gun violence.

Salem police say Logan Friesen, 28, was arrested Tuesday while trying to meet a detective posing as a minor. He is charged in Marion County Circuit Court with online sexual corruption of a child, luring a minor and purchasing sex with a minor.

A Salem project was slated to combine more than a dozen government and nonprofit service providers into one downtown hub. State officials recently declined to back the effort after funding challenges forced project leaders to stray from their original plans.