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Local entrepreneur to speak on panel for documentary film
Sarah Brown Jeanne Callahan likes to quote former U.S. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare John W. Gardner:…
Cops seek suspect after early-morning robbery on Friday, Feb. 10
Linn County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating a robbery that occurred Friday morning, Feb. 10, in the 2000 block…
High school Drama Club actors to stage ‘Pride and Prejudice’
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home High School Drama Club students will present the play “Pride and Prejudice” next…
Competitive eater meets nemesis in SH: pancakes
Sean C. Morgan Ryan Rodacker faced his mortal enemy, pancakes, Sunday and lost. Rodacker, a competitive eater from…
Fun at the library: Loading up the Legos
Sweet Home residents of all ages had some fun at the library Saturday in a wide variety of…
‘Bright stars’ on strings
Holley fifth-grader Moriah Winn performs the “Star Spangled Banner” before the Sweet Home High School boys basketball game…
School Board to weigh $4 million bond proposal
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home School board will consider Monday, Feb. 13, whether to request a $4…
Holley teacher arrested on sex charges
Marion County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Sweet Home second-grade teacher on multiple sex abuse charges Feb. 2. After…
Sweetheart run Saturday
Local runners and walkers are invited to turn out for the third annual Sweetheart Run at 10 a.m.…
Former patient wants ‘change’ after hospital discharge in middle of night
Audrey Caro In the last 11 years, the Oregon Health Authority has only received three complaints about Samaritan…
SH trucker cited after collision with snowplow
A Sweet Home trucker was cited Tuesday, Jan. 31, after his truck hit a snow plow on Interstate…
Cops recover trailer in Crawfordsville
Linn County Sheriff’s deputies recovered one of two stolen flatbed car trailers in Crawfordsville on the morning of…
Marion County deputies arrest Sweet Home teacher on sex charges
Marion County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Sweet Home second-grade teacher on multiple sex abuse charges Feb. 2. After…
Local genealogy veterans unravel their family trees
Scott Swanson In one of the spacious, open rooms of the Sweet Home Genealogical Society Library on a…
High school graduation rate improves by more than 4 percent
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home’s high school graduation rate has increased over the past year. Of Sweet Home…
SH’s first baby of the year joins ready-made babysitters
Audrey Caro One of Sweet Home’s newest residents, Jeremiah L. Miles-Russell, already has his own fan base. When…
Council takes step to ban offenders from city property
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home City Council held the first reading of an ordinance that would allow…
Increasing canine problems dog police, prompt calls for change
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home Municipal Court Judge Larry Blake last week found a Third Avenue woman guilty…
Flu in area results in packed hospitals
Audrey Caro Instances of influenza and influenza-like illnesses have been increasing throughout the United States and the Mid-Willamette…
Interactive project to make stop at SH Library
Audrey Caro Artist Sal Strom is putting together an interactive art project, “Connecting US20,” that will travel from…
Oregon Community Foundation staffers give local nonprofits primer on grant funding
Scott Swanson Want some money? Here’s how to get it. That was the basic message last week from…
Full schedule of events planned to celebrate library’s 75th year
Sean C. Morgan The Knights of Veritas stormed Sweet Home Saturday to vanquish the the myths of theatrical…
Never Trumper offers wish list for Trump’s first 100 days
Dr. Caleb Verbois Elections have surprising consequences. It is hard to know who is most surprised by the…
Lawmakers’ spending framework includes cuts, no new taxes
Claire Withycombe EO Media Capital Bureau The co-chairs of the Oregon Legislature’s joint budget-writing committee last week presented…
Desire to spend more time at home prompts purchase of rental business
Sean C. Morgan Brad Hartsook isn’t Thelma Brady, but he’s following in her footsteps. Hartsook purchased Thelma Brady…