County fair headliners announced
This year’s Linn County Fair concert headliners cover a 30-year gamut of flavors and genres. The summertime perennial…
Man arrested in 2021 church burglary
Sweet Home police announced Wednesday, April 12, that a Brownsville man has been arrested in connection with an…
‘Sword’ on stage at Boys & Girls Club
Actors from the Traveling Lantern Theatre Company of Portland entertain children and adults alike, left, with their rendition…
Opening delayed at Yellowbottom Campground
Bureau of Land Management recreation managers are delaying the seasonal opening of the Yellowbottom Campground, located about 20…
Wolverine video footage captured east of Santiam Pass
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has confirmed an April 6 video of a wolverine crossing Hwy.…
Big day for boys results in team track win at North Marion
A raft of personal-bests, some new faces and some great weather all combined to give Sweet Home’s boys…
Husky boys golfers working their way up scoring charts
Sweet Home’s golfers have played three tournaments since Spring Break and the Huskies are establishing themselves as an…
Baseball: Close losses to Philomath keep Huskies looking for ‘W’
Still looking to get into the win column for the first time this season, Sweet Home’s baseball team…
Rough week as softball team falls to league foes in three games
Sweet Home softball lost three league games last week, falling to Stayton 13-2 on Wednesday, Newport 10-5 on…
From Our Files (April 19, 2023)
April 19, 1973 The Sweet Home Sailorettes Baton Twirling Class took home three first place awards in the…
Death Notices (April 19, 2023)
Donald Edward Hembree, 86, of Sweet Home, died April 15, 2023. Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is handling the…
Agustin Hernandez Gonzalez
Agustin Hernandez Gonzalez, 69, of Eugene/Sweet Home, passed away April 10, 2023. Agustin was born Sept. 2, 1953,…
Nicholas Aaron Tyree
Nicholas Aaron Tyree, 40, of Lebanon passed away March 31, 2023. He was born April 6, 1982, in…
John Edward Tuchardt
John Edward Tuchardt, 89, of Lebanon passed away March 27, 2023. He was born June 1, 1933, in…
Youth invited to design shirts for county fair
Local youth involved in Linn County 4-H and FFA organizations are invited to submit designs for the 2023…
Document discoveries offer insights into history
High school history classes teach us about the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl, which drove poor families…
RV fire on Wiley Creek
A trailer and detached shed on 43786 Wiley Creek Road were severely burned during the 5 p.m. hour…
Back-to-back Hwy. 20 wrecks
A pair of crashes occurred Tuesday afternoon, April 4, within minutes and a mile of each other on…
Healthy You: County offers cooking program for mid-valley Latino families (April 12, 2023)
OSU-Extension-Linn-Benton Nutrition and Outreach Coordinator Tina Dodge gets excited when she talks about a new program she hopes…
Truck stolen in Lebanon recovered in Sweet Home after citizen spots it, gets rammed
The Linn County Sheriff’s Office recovered a stolen truck Saturday, April 1, after a good Samaritan located the…
Brownsville man arrested for 2021 burglary at Sweet Home church
Sweet Home police arrested a Brownsville man Tuesday morning, April 11, in connection with a 2021 burglary at…
Circuit Court updates
Warrants are out on the following individuals: Samuel Frank Ayers, Shenese Danielle Cobain, Curtis Ray Daniel, Ashlee Dee…
Prep baseball: Huskies lose at Marshfield
Sweet Home boys baseball lost 10-4 at Marshfield on April 4. Jon Holly took the loss on the…
Track and field: Lopez leads Huskies at Philomath Invite
Sweet Home’s track and field athletes got their first look at 4A competition Saturday, April 8, as they…
Sweet Home wrestlers shine at Reno Worlds
Sweet Home Mat Club wrestlers finished with four Eagle awards at the Reno Worlds tournament, one of the…