From Our Files (Jan. 25, 2023)
Jan. 25, 1973 A patrolman and junior high student were hospitalized following a collision of a school bus…
Opinion: GOP leader lists challenges he sees for Oregon
Editor’s note: Although we are a nonpartisan newspaper, we think this “open letter,” written by the chair of…
Girls basketball: Girls suffer loss in league opener at Cascade after losing starter Mamac
Sweet Home girls basketball started off league play in the Oregon West Conference on the wrong foot last…
Gerold ‘Jerry’ Lee VanBrocklin
Gerold “Jerry” Lee VanBrocklin, 75, of Sweet Home passed away Jan. 12, 2023. Jerry lived most of his…
Carroll Eugene Bain
Carroll Eugene Bain, 77, of Sweet Home passed away Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023. He was born Feb. 11,…
Cathy Beemer
Cathy Annett Beemer, 69, of Sweet Home, died Jan. 3, 2023. She was born July 29, 1953, in…
Henry Deja
Henry Winston Deja, 67, of Sweet Home, died peacefully on Jan. 15, 2023 after a short battle with…
George Cooper
George Delwyn Cooper, 84, of Sweet Home, died Jan. 13, 2023. He was born Aug. 14, 1938, in…
Death Notices (Jan. 25, 2023)
Jack Gerald Herring, 92, of Sweet Home, died Jan. 19, 2023. Viewing will be at 2 p.m. Saturday,…
Around Town (Jan. 18, 2023)
Final city-health focus group set The Sweet Home Health Committee, in partnership with Western University School of Health…
Prep swimming: Huskies get test run in district pool
Sweet Home’s young swimmers got a taste of what the district meet will look like Saturday, Jan. 14,…
Boys and girls wrestlers both finish third at Oregon Classic
Sweet Home’s boys and girls both placed third in the Oregon Classic Friday and Saturday, Jan. 13-14, in…
Boys end non-league basketball season with pair of losses
Sweet Home boys basketball lost to Madras 55-36 at home last week and to Crook County 64-32 on…
Huskies’ 2023 cheer competition doubles size of field
Sweet Home hosted its fourth annual cheer competition Saturday, Jan. 14, drawing a field of competitors ranging from…
January ESPY Winners
The Sweet Home School Board honored the district’s January ESPY honorees at its monthly meeting Jan. 9. Honorees…
State adds dental care for veterans
Veterans Services Manager Dee Baley-Hyder told the Linn County Board of Commissioners Tuesday morning, Jan. 10, that county…
Man gets 25 years in homeless camp crash
A Salem man was sentenced Wednesday, Jan. 11, in Marion County Circuit Court to 25 years in prison…
Public Safety (Jan. 18, 2023)
Jan. 9 1 a.m. – Matthew Carl Martin, 32, was cited and released on a Lebanon Municipal Court…
First Linn County baby of 2023 born in Lebanon
Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital welcomed its first baby of the year, Brahm Fimbulvetr Farrell, born at 2:47 p.m.…
SHOCASE to highlight Ross works
The Sweet Home Oregon Coalition for Arts and Scholastic Enrichment begins a new year of art shows with…
Linn Democrats re-elect Taylor to third term as chair
Jerred Taylor has been elected to a third two-year term as chair of the Linn County Democratic Central…
Reptile Man Visits
Richard Ritchey, the Reptile Man, paid a visit to Oak Heights third-graders, as seen in the first photo,…
Circuit Court (Jan. 18, 2023)
Warrants are out on the following individuals: Samuel Frank Ayers, Noah David Colgrove, Curtis Ray Daniel, Ashlee Dee…
Basketball: Girls struggle against Madras, Crook County
Sweet Home girls basketball was unable to find the win column last week, falling to Madras 54-40 and…
Terrence Shea
Terrence “Terry” Kevin Shea, 65, of Sweet Home, died Dec. 27, 2022, from fungal meningitis, a rare complication…