The Josephine County Jail for adults has a number cell blocks that house the inmates. County voters will decide this election whether to renew a levy to support the jail and partially support the county's juvenile services program. The amount of 93 cents per $1,000 of assessed property value is the same as an expiring levy that supports both facilities.
By Chrissy Ewald of the Daily Courier
Voters will decide whether to renew a levy for the Josephine County Jail and county juvenile services, fund improvements to Grants Pass School District schools and pay more for a firefighting district in the Williams area in the Nov. 3 election.
Jail and juvenile levy
All county voters can vote on a renewal of the county’s jail and juvenile services levy.
Grants Pass wide receiver Brevik Hill fights for yardage during the Cavemen's game against Sheldon on Oct. 2 at Mel Ingram Field. Grants Pass faces Willamette on Friday night as the Cavemen try to keep their hopes of winning the Southwest Conference alive.
By Travis Moore of the Daily Courier
After a week off, fifth-ranked Grants Pass plays ninth-ranked Willamette on Friday in Eugene with the Cavemen’s hopes for a Southwest Conference football title on the line.
Grants Pass (4-2, 1-1) lost to Sheldon 27-20 at Mel Ingram Field two weeks ago, meaning that the Cavemen likely need to beat the Wolverines Friday and hope Willamette knocks off Sheldon later this month to share the title.
Firefighters and police rescued a woman who fell down a well in Central Point on Wednesday.
Jackson County Fire District 3 said an old, unsupported piece of plywood inside a well house that was covering the well gave way, plunging the woman approximately 20 feet down into the well into 12 feet of standing water.
The fire district said she remained there for about two hours before someone called 911.
The cast of "The Mousetrap" (from left) Jonas Stewart as Mr. Paravicini, Ben Franklin as Detective Sergeant Trotter, Zymri Anderson as Mollie Ralston, Zane Allen as Giles Ralston, Tricia Drevets as Mrs. Boyle, Patrick Dameron as Major Metcalf and William Jensen as Christopher Wren rehearse a scene at Barnstormers Theatre in Grants Pass. A rare play from Agatha Christie, the locked room whodunit is celebrating its 75th anniversary, as is the Barnstormers troupe.
By Edith Decker of the Daily Courier
Every one of the eight characters in Agatha Christie’s hit play “The Mousetrap” has a secret or two.
However, the truths are that someone is dead, two more deaths are in the planning and everyone’s locked in an English inn during a terrible snowstorm.
It’s a classic mystery, stuffed into the great hall of Monkswell Manor. And you can make your guess at the intermission as to whom you think is the culprit — with a chance to win a prize.
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