The front end of a Dutchmen fifth-wheel trailer on Leafwood Drive shows signs of scorching. A mother and her three children died in what police say they believe was an accidental fire at the rural site on Sunday.
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EAGLE POINT — A woman and three children were killed Sunday afternoon when a fifth-wheel trailer caught on fire, the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office said.
The fire, which happened in the 600 block of Leafwood Drive, is believed to have been accidental, the sheriff’s office said.
Leafwood Drive is in a rural area between Eagle Point and Shady Cove, on the edge of Sams Valley.
MEDFORD — The Portland Barbers won two one-run games on Sunday to take the Northwest Regional American Legion baseball title at Harry & David Field.
The Barbers, who were the defending state and regional champions, beat Hawaii 3-2 in the early game, then clipped Lewiston, Idaho 8-7 to secure the championship.
Portland will begin the Legion World Series on Thursday with a game against the Southwest champions in Shelby, North Carolina.
The Josephine County Sheriff’s Office believes it has found and recovered the body of a rafter who was swept underwater in a rapid on the lower Rogue River last week.
The sheriff’s office announced the results of the recovery mission on Monday following the disappearance of Reid Litwack, 65, last Tuesday, Aug. 4.
Litwack was from Indiana, according to friends and television stations in that state.
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