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• Stolen handgun leads to charges for two local felons with histories of theft and drug possession - 5/17/2013
  

  Two convicted felons are back in jail after allegedly swiping a handgun from a family member's Central Point home and selling it earlier this week,...

• Police ID student believed to have set fire at the Ashland Middle School on Tuesday - 5/17/2013
  

  ASHLAND — Police say they have identified a student who intentionally set fire to a paper-towel dispenser in the boys' bathroom at Ashland...

• Shooting, standoff in Medford - 5/16/2013
  

  Police say a petty dispute over a car led to shots being fired in a north Medford neighborhood Wednesday morning, drawing a swarm of police and SWAT...

• Police trained on vets under stress - 5/16/2013
  

  As a combat veteran of Iraq, Jackson County sheriff's Deputy David Duke knows about the stresses of war.

• 8 lives left - 5/16/2013
  

  Chyna's singed whiskers and blistered ears and paws tell the tale of how at least one of this cat's nine lives was used up surviving Monday's fire in...

• Knife-toting shoplifter pleads guilty to robbery charge - 5/16/2013
  

  An Eagle Point man who pulled a knife on a Food 4 Less employee after being caught shoplifting in March pleaded guilty to a felony robbery charge...

• Teen sought for west Medford drive-by shooting - 5/15/2013
  

  Police are on the hunt for a 15-year-old boy whom investigators have identified as the alleged shooter in a May 7 drive-by shooting in west Medford.

• Mail-theft ring case continues to expand - 5/15/2013
  

  Police say they have identified 15 to 20 suspects in a mail-theft ring that allegedly struck about 800 Jackson County mailboxes, as investigators...

• Arson suspected in school fire - 5/15/2013
  

  ASHLAND — A paper-towel dispenser set afire in the boys' bathroom at Ashland Middle School triggered two alarms and disrupted classes for...

• Ruch church fire not suspicious, official says - 5/15/2013
  

  Fire investigators have not determined what caused a blaze Monday evening that damaged a workshop on the grounds of the Applegate Christian...

• Dogged search ends well - 5/14/2013
  

  A young couple and their newborn, along with an elderly woman and several pets, managed to escape a Monday morning fire that severely damaged two...

• 'It's the law of physics' - 5/13/2013
  

  A semitrailer tipped over onto a concrete guardrail at the southbound on-ramp at the north Medford interchange of Interstate 5 Sunday afternoon.

• Standoff at Super 8 ends with three arrested - 5/13/2013
  

  A 11/2; hour police standoff ended without incident Saturday night at the Super 8 Motel on Hamrick Road in Central Point, leading to the arrest of...

• Arrest made in car lot burglaries - 5/12/2013
  

  A Medford-area transient faces numerous felony charges for reportedly breaking into two car lots and stealing vehicles over the weekend, police said.

• Police nab suspected burglar in the act - 5/12/2013
  

  A concerned neighbor helped Medford police nab a suspected burglar in the act Saturday morning.

• Police seek armed robber of a Medford Dutch Bros. - 5/12/2013
  

  Police are searching for a man who robbed a Dutch Bros. coffee stand on Crater Lake Highway at gunpoint Friday night.

• A lucky escape - 5/11/2013
  

  A fire destroyed a house in the 200 block of Chestnut Street early Friday morning, but all of the occupants were able to escape unharmed, fire...

• Ashland police hear from more assault victims - 5/11/2013
  

  More people reported sexual assaults this year after the Ashland Police Department launched a campaign in January to encourage victims to come...

• In their sights: Police look for Medford drive-by shooting suspect - 5/10/2013
  

  Medford police fanned out across the city Thursday in an attempt to corral an alleged gang member who cranked off a few rounds from a car earlier...

• Smoke jumpers plant landing in pot 'starter kits' - 5/10/2013
  

  A team of smoke jumpers fighting fires in the Applegate unknowingly dropped into a 1,500-plant marijuana garden this week, sheriff's officials said.