SHARC plans two fund-raising events
The Sweet Home Auditorium Remodel Committee is hosting the SHARC Showdown talent contest on July 10 in the…
Robbie Melcher golf tourney to raise funds for B&G Club June 27
The Boys and Girls Club of the Greater Santiam will hold its 5th annual Robbie Melcher Memorial Golf…
2014 Linn County Fair
The Linn County Fair was held last week in Albany. Results of the 4-H livestock competitions and other…
Cops investigating gunshot injury
Sweet Home police are investigating a shooting incident that wounded a 31-year-old man the morning of June 10.…
RV goes up in flames
Update: FIRE destroys a 1989 Jamboree RV in the 40300 block of Highway 228 on Saturday. Firefighters responded…
Wave of senior school district staffers head for retirement exit
Nine School District 55 long-term staff members are retiring this summer, six of them with more than 20…
Public Safety Log June 18, 2014
June 16 9:32 a.m. – Caller reported briars overgrowing the sidewalk, 1200 block of Cessna. Referred to code…
Ironman placer
Kendra Whaley, a 2012 Sweet Home High School graduate, placed fifth in her first bodybuilding competition on May…
Keys places third in nation in NCAA Decathlon
Sweet Home alumnus Dakotah Keys didn’t run the fastest 1500 meters of his life Thursday night, June 12,…
Paul McGuiness
June 1, 1925 – June 10, 2014 Paul David McGuiness, 89, formerly of Sweet Home, died June 10,…
Randolph Babcock
March 15, 1946 – May 9, 2014 Randolph “Randy” Thurston Babcock, 68, of Sweet Home died May 9,…
Arlie Elliott, Jr.
April 30, 1925 – June 10, 2014 Arlie Lee Elliott, Jr., 89, of Sweet Home died June 10,…
Auditorium Remodel fund-raiser talent contest now July 10
The Sweet Home Auditorium Remodel Committee’s fund-raising SHARC Showdown talent contest has been rescheduled to July 10. Local…
Fireworks Express excursion tickets on sale June 13
Pre-sales for the Fireworks Express excursion train begin on June 10 and end at midnight on June 12.…
Jurors find for SH in former park caretakers’ lawsuit
A federal jury has found in favor of the City of Sweet Home in a lawsuit filed by…
Public Safety Log June 11, 2014
June 9 12:54 p.m. – Amanda Rae Stafford, 38, arrested on Sweet Home warrant for failure to appear…
Five from Sweet Home finish Girls on the Run program
Five Sweet Home girls finished the first Girls on the Run program with a 5K (3.1-mile) fun run/walk…
Sportsman’s Holiday Court : Faith Black
Sponsored by Sweet Home Sanitation Faith Black, 15, is the daughter of Robert and Angela Burger and Richard…
Crash Saturday evening: no injuries
MEDICS AND FIREFIGHTERS help around the scene of a crash Saturday evening. No one was injured. Steven Leroy…
Three arrested after home invasion robbery report
Three men have been arrested in connection with a reported home invasion robbery that occurred Saturday morning, July…
LBCC to graduate 874 students Thursday, including 35 from SH
The 46th annual Linn-Benton Community College Commencement Ceremony will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 12, at…
Emily Marchbanks named softball MVP
The Huskies named Emily Marchbanks their most valuable player in softball during their annual awards banquet held June…
Sweet Home summer track camp to feature decathlon champion Keys
Sweet Home alum Dakotah Keys will return to Husky Field, where he set many high school records, as…
Why Seattle’s not long to stay on my travel itinerary
I need a few days off every so often and my family likes to travel, so we have…