After almost nine years, Kia McQueary is handing the over the reins of the Grants Pass Growers Market to a new leader.

"She's always going to be a phone call away, but right now she and I are co-workers until the end of December," said new market manager Moon Rader. "She's going to help me get through Winter Market, that transition, and then we have membership things."

PORTLAND — Grants Pass finally ran out of comeback magic in a season finale that left the Cavemen wondering what might have been.

Grants Pass (5-5) fell behind by 22 points in the first quarter, battled back to take a one-point lead at halftime, but were hurt by second-half penalties as Ida B. Wells won Friday’s first-round Class 6A football game 46-35.

Grants Pass Police Department

A man cited for sleeping in a downtown doorway Friday morning said he planned to check into the Gospel Rescue Mission shelter.

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A vehicle crashed into a utility pole, knocking it down, in the 1000 block of Southeast N Street at 2:23 p.m. Friday.

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A woman accused of stealing $69 worth of Walmart items was cited on a third-degree theft charge at 6:21 p.m. Friday.

The Rogue Valley theater company, The Modern Prometheans is presenting “Antigone,” a new adaptation by Paul Cosca, of the classic Greek tragedy by Sophocles.

Antigone, daughter of the doomed house of Oedipus, finds herself on the wrong side of the law fighting for what she believes is right. Honoring her family will mean challenging the will of her king. Maintaining her morals will mean risking her life.