LCSO quartet recognized for water rescue
The Oregon State Marine Board recognized the “heroic” life-saving efforts of four Linn County Sheriff’s Office personnel who…
School district hosting listening sessions
The Sweet Home School District’s school board will hold listening sessions at various locations over the next month…
Public Safety (Dec. 8, 2021)
Nov. 29 3:29 a.m. – Catherine Jean Hampton, 31, was arrested on a Sweet Home Municipal Court warrant…
Christmas Around Sweet Home
See more photos from the tree-lighting and Shop with a Cop events in our online gallery.
Hawthorne students collect food, have fun, in ‘Civil War’ event
Hawthorne sixth-graders load up food they collected during the school’s annual “Civil War” celebration, pitting students and teachers…
Wrestling: Husky girls second at Cascadia tourney; boys team fourth
Seniors Paige Chafin and Kami Hart led the Husky girls to a second-place finish at the 20-team Perry…
Husky boys open with hoops win over Elmira, hang tough at Gladstone
Sweet Home boys basketball opened their season with a win at home followed by a loss on the…
Girls go 1-1 in first week as Burke scores 53 points in 2 games
Sweet Home girls basketball beat Elmira 39-15 on their opening night Dec. 1, but then lost to Gladstone…
Swimmers open with wins over Stayton, Blanchet, Kennedy
Sweet Home’s swimmers got their feet wet for the new season Friday, hosting Blanchet, Stayton and Kennedy in…
From Our Files (Dec. 8, 2021)
Dec. 9, 1971 A 1913 poster for a wood and steel hydraulic cider press was on show for…
Mary Stilwell
Mary Ann Stilwell, 89, of Albany, a former Sweet Home resident, died Nov. 30, 2021. She was born…
Charlotte Shirlee Hunter
Charlotte Hunter, 80, of Sweet Home passed away Wednesday. She was born in Commerce, Oklahoma to Robert and…
Carol Andrews
Carol Alice Andrews, 82, of Sweet Home, died Thanksgiving morning, Nov. 25, 2021. She was born Dec. 28,…
Around Town (Dec. 1, 2021)
Meals on Wheels weekly menu Meals on Wheels offers take-out lunch at the Sweet Home Community Center to…
Yon announces retirement as sheriff
Linn County Sheriff Jim Yon told Commissioners Roger Nyquist, Sherrie Sprenger and Will Tucker on Tuesday, Nov. 23,…
School staffing in state a ‘real, emergency situation’
By Alex Baumhardt Oregon Capital Chronicle At a Senate Education Committee meeting on Monday, Nov. 15, superintendents and…
Corrections (Dec. 1, 2021)
Credit for photos in the Nov. 24 issue of Linn-Benton Community College’s run to the Northwest Athletic Conference…
Public Safety (Dec. 1, 2021)
November 22 1:22 a.m. – Patrick John Ward, 41, was arrested on a Sweet Home Municipal Court warrant…
John Earle
John “Jack” Lawrence Earle, 85, of Sweet Home, died Nov. 9, 2021, in Salem following a brief illness.…
Robert Grissom
Robert “Bob” Leon Grissom, 78, of Sweet Home died Nov. 19, 2021. He was born Dec. 31, 1942…
Marjory ‘Margie’ Virlea Kikel
Marjory “Margie” Virlea Kikel, 91, of Sweet Home, died Nov. 24, 2021. She was born Jan. 26, 1930,…
Eric ‘Ric’ Jon Olson
Eric “Ric” Jon Olson, 72, of Sweet Home passed away Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2021. He was born Feb.…
Alice Nicklasson
Alice Faye Nicklasson, 79, of Lebanon, formerly of Sweet Home, died Nov. 22, 2021. She was born March…
Sonia Romero
Sonia Haydee Romero, 71, of Sweet Home, died Nov. 22, 2021. She was born June 18, 1950 in…
Helen Louise (Fields) Ray
Helen Louise Ray, 89, of Crawfordsville, passed away Nov. 25, 2021, in Lebanon. Helen was born in Oakridge…