Editorial: Healthy discussion may lead to good decision on water
The City Council is talking about water and sewer rates again, and it’s not going to be pleasant.…
Iris Hemphill
March 25, 1930 – Feb. 27, 2016 Iris Mae Hemphill, 85, of Sweet Home died Feb. 27, 2016.…
Around Town March 2, 2016
Church seminar on estate planning Sweet Home Evangelical Church will host a Decision Tree of Aging seminar at…
Around Town February 24, 2016
County residents needed on boards The Linn County Board of Commissioners is seeking applicants interested in serving on…
SH teen arrested on rape charge
Sweet Home police took a 17-year-old Sweet Home boy into custody for first-degree rape last week. Police arrested…
SH man arrested after alleged home invasion
Sweet Home police arrested a Sweet Home man who allegedly invaded a home in the Mountain Shadows manufactured…
Public Safety Log February 24, 2016
Feb. 22 12:11 a.m. – Caller reported a male entering her home and taking a phone, 300 West…
Teens add energy to museum plans for 40-year celebration
Rhiannon Stiles clearly appreciated the stone she held Thursday evening as she showed a visitor a display of…
Role in OSU’s ‘Kiss Me, Kate’ brings back past for SH alum
When Kimber Parker got involved with the “Kiss Me, Kate” production at Oregon State University, she ran into…
SH woman killed in Lebanon wreck
Linn County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating a single-vehicle, fatal motor vehicle crash reported Sunday, Feb. 21, at 4:29…
Public Safety Log March 2, 2016
Feb. 29 12:49 a.m. – Caller reported a vehicle sitting near mailboxes with hazard lights on for three…
Attorneys working on deal in SH firearms possession case
Attorneys for Allen Maurice Diggs and the county agreed Thursday, Feb. 25, to a settlement conference in the…
Police arrest local man after 18-mile chase through area
Sweet Home police arrested a 32-year-old Sweet Home man following an 18-mile pursuit early Sunday morning on multiple…
Cowger, Schilling place in college regionals
Two Sweet Home alumni finished have finished in the medals in college wrestling conference action. Tyler Cowger, a…
Gretchen Schaleger
June 20, 1936 – Feb. 20, 2016 Gretchen Schaleger, 79, of Sweet Home died Feb. 20, 2016. She…
Kathleen Donovan
June 4, 1949 – Feb. 12, 2016 Kathleen Elizabeth Donovan, 67, of Sweet Home died Feb. 12, 2016…
Ruth Kyriss
Ruth Caroline Kyriss 89, of Mt. Vernon, died Feb. 3, 2016 at Blue Mountain Care Center in Prairie…
Wrestlers win district title and qualify 16 for state
Sweet Home’s wrestling Coach Steve Thorpe has said all year that this year’s team has chemistry and leadership.…
Tow, Gingerich named players of the year in girls hoops
Leading her team in rebounds, blocked shots, points scored, free throws shot and free throws made, sophomore Ally…
Thanks to many who helped out
Editor: Little did we know when we moved here two years ago, we would be so loved by…
Why do people try to leave socialism?
Editor: Obama’s “hope and change” were socialist policies – and those policies failed and have weakened our nation…
Good pay’s link to prosperity tenuous
Editor: If raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour is so good for Oregon state economics, then…
Girls finish basketball season with losses to Elmira, Cottage Grove
The Huskies lost their final game of the season 60-46 at home in girls basketball on Friday. Led…
Boys wrap up hoops with win, narrowly miss shot at leader
In a pair of season-ending home games, Sweet Home beat Elmira 69-55 on Feb. 16 but lost a…
Betty O’Brien
Aug. 22, 1926 – Feb. 16, 2016 Betty Jane O’Brien, 89, of Sweet Home died Feb. 16, 2016…