Homeless people could gradually start moving into shipping containers that have been converted into bedrooms in Grants Pass as early as next week, allowing the city to draw down the 150 spaces it provides at authorized but unmanaged camps on city land.

The Grants Pass City Council heard an update on the Parker’s Place Village project during a meeting Wednesday evening.

Grants Pass’ Madison Montejano had a remarkable senior season and Southwest Conference coaches took notice, voting her the Player of the Year in recently announced softball awards.

Montejano, a shortstop, hit .511 this season with 15 doubles, three homers, 41 RBIs and scored 38 runs.

Police released a few details in the killing of a woman near the railroad tracks in downtown Medford, but declined to address motive.

Court records show Darius Solomon McCree Santangelo, 19, was arraigned Wednesday in Jackson County Circuit Court on a charge of second-degree murder in the death Tuesday of a 43-year-old woman named Nicole Marie Dominguez.

When Grants Pass ceramic artist Nancy Curry was approached about making some handmade awards for the Rogue Valley Kennel Club’s dog show, her initial thought was “why me?”

“I was intimidated at first,” Curry says. “I usually just do flowers, but they asked if I could draw dogs. I’ll do anything for dogs.”