A Grants Pass Cab driver who gave his name only as Scott said he drove fugitive Benjamin Foster from Sunny Valley to Grants Pass on Tuesday to the neighborhood where Foster holed up during an hourslong armed standoff with law enforcement officers.
By Vickie Aldous of the Daily Courier
Two taxi drivers with good memories for street names helped police track down a man wanted for torturing a woman in Grants Pass and murdering two men in Sunny Valley.
Benjamin Obadiah Foster, 36, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in a standoff with police Tuesday night after he returned to a home on Shane Way in Grants Pass where police found a woman last week bound and beaten into unconsciousness. She remains hospitalized and was not there when Foster came back to the house. Read More »
Evalynn Guzman scored off of an inbounds play late in the fourth quarter to lift Illinois Valley to a 30-28 Valley Coast Conference girls' basketball win over Toledo on Thursday in Toledo.
Guzman's big basket came with about two minutes left, giving the Cougars (6-16, 3-11) a 30-27 lead. Illinois Valley made the slim lead hold up as the Boomers (6-16, 3-11) missed their last several shots, including one in the paint at the buzzer.
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A woman from Grants Pass accused of assaulting her mother with a Bible and spitting on a jail guard was sentenced Thursday to two years in prison.
Stephanie Renee Johnson, 44, also was placed on two years of post-prison supervision for her guilty plea in Josephine County Circuit Court to charges of initiating a false report and aggravated harassment.
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The baroque ensemble Ruckus takes a playful approach to early music. The band is set to perform in Ashland Feb. 24 joined by flutist Emi Ferguson.
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Flute player Emi Ferguson will join the baroque ensemble Ruckus in a concert of early music this month at Southern Oregon University in Ashland.
The concert, titled "Fly the Coop," is a joyous, kaleidoscopic romp through some fo Johann Sebastian Bach's most playful works.
A collaborative ensemble with an ever-changing lineup of performers, Ruckus aims to fuse the creative spirit of early music with the groove of American roots.
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