Nick Pitts plays in East-West Shrine All-Star Shrine game
Sweet Home High School alumnus Nick Pitts, left, appears with teammates, John Pratt, left, of Central, and Cody…
Pre-season practice
Sweet Home High School cheerleaders get in an early-morning preseason workout last week.
Raid nets pot plants at two homes on Riggs Hill
Sheriff’s investigators seized nearly 100 marijuana plants at two residences in the Foster area on Thursday, Sheriff Tim…
Donations for Cooper
Volunteers stand amid some of the contributions to a garage sale held on the last weekend of July…
Mallory Carlson, Aaron Hegge to wed
Mallory Brooke Carlson and Aaron Scott Hegge have announced a Sept. 20 wedding. Carlson is the daughter of…
Sweet Home contestants among Fair winners
Below are local ribbon winners at the 2008 Linn County Fair, as reported by Fair officials: Department 7…
Lebanon Samaritan Community Hospital gets MRI center
A new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) center being installed on the Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital campus is expected…
4 council seats open in election election
Four seats on the Sweet Home City Council will be open in the upcoming Nov. 4 election. The…
Anna Boer
Anna M. Boer, 89, of Sweet Home, died Aug. 5, 2008 at the Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital. She…
Jamboree fun not just inside
Editor: The Jamboree was so totally awesome! It was amazing how many people came here to Sweet Home,…
Truth mixed with some foolishness
Editor: There was a lot of truth in the article by Matt Wingard in which he attacked Barack…
Thanks for caring, Sweet Home
Editor: Since we’ve moved to Woodburn, we want to take this opportunity to express our thanks for all…
Tristan’s treatment inspirational
Editor: As an outsider looking in, I would like to express how proud I am of theway that…
Public safety must be top priority
The cold reality of the results of the cuts in federal timber payments to counties throughout Oregon was…
Media bias toward GOP
Editor: Isn’t it interesting how whenever a Republican politician gets into trouble, his first name automatically becomes “Republican”…
Thanks for helping youth
Editor: I wanted to take the opportunity to thank our community for supporting our youth programs here in…
Wrestlers finish season srong
The end of the youth wrestling season left Sweet Home with one near-All-American and another youth wrestler ranked…
Hunting season right around the corner; get out there
Aug. 30, the beginning of bowhunting season, is closing in and now is the time for archers to…
District announces information for new school year
ALL SCHOOLS The first day of school for grades K-6 will be Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008. Attendance at…
Jamboree produces memorable moment for bride-to-be
Chelsea Crouch of McMinnville thought she had a backstage pass to meet Sugarland on the opening night of…
Happy farewell
Tristan Varner arrives at a special barbecue at Foster School, where he attended third grade last year. Tristan,…
Robert Worthington
Robert E. Worthington, 62, of Sweet Home died after a battle with cancer on July 27, 2008. He…
Virginia Stark
Virginia E. Stark, 90, of Albany, formerly of Sweet Home, died July 30, 2008 at Wynwood Assisted Living…
Archie Mays
Feb. 12, 1931 – July 24, 2008 Archie L. Mays, 77, a resident of Sweet Home for over…
Tristan Varner
May 10, 1999 – Aug. 2, 2008 Tristan Rodger Varner, 9, of Sweet Home died Aug. 2, 2008.…