The Salem Police Department is on scene of a fatal motor vehicle accident on Center St NE at Illinois St NE involving a single vehicle v. pedestrian. Center St NE will be closed from Vinyard St NE to Hawthorne Ave NE for the next 3 hours while the Traffic Control Unit of the Salem Police Department investigates the incident.
A probable fatal accident has Center St closed between Vinard St. NE and Hawthorn St. NE. There are no confirmed fatalaties at this time.
A 19-year old Salem resident was arrested by Oregon State Police early Friday morning after a trooper determined the car he was driving was stolen out of Marion County.
After two non-conference wins in their first two games, the Willamette University Bearcats are ready to open Northwest Conference action against George Fox University on Friday night at McCulloch Stadium.
In support of the theme of National Fire Prevention Week, and at the request of the Oregon Office of State Fire Marshal to expand Fire Prevention Week into Fire Prevention Month, Governor John Kitzhaber has proclaimed October as Oregon Fire Prevention Month.
Sunny and warm temperatures are expected to return to Salem, Keizer, and the mid-Willamette Valley over the next seven days.
Police in Salem are asking for the public’s help in identifying and locating a suspect who tried to rob the Sizzler restaurant, located at 1151 Lancaster Drive NE, on August 21.
The fiscal year 2014 contract for the Oregon National Guard's Joint Transition Assistance Program, known as JTAP, which assists service members and veterans with civilian job placement, has expired.
Willamette University junior outside hitter Sarah Fincher (Jr., OH, Reno, NV/Bishop Manogue HS/Southwest Baptist Univ.) has been chosen as the Northwest Conference Volleyball Student-Athlete of the Week for her efforts for the Bearcats against the University of Puget Sound and George Fox University this past weekend.
On Monday, before the Honorable Dale W. Penn, 29-year-old Anthony Samuel White, was sentenced for the robbery of an armored car courier after previously changing his plea on September 19.