Oregon State Police Capt. Kyle Kennedy (right) along with Grants Pass Police Chief Warren Hensman on Wednesday recount the timeline of events that led up to the standoff Tuesday in which torture suspect Benjamin Foster killed himself. Authorities believe Foster also is responsible for the murders of two men in Sunny Valley.
By Nick Morgan of the Daily Courier
The day after torture suspect Benjamin Obadiah Foster killed himself in a standoff with police, police said they believe he was the person responsible for the murders of two men discovered in Sunny Valley during the manhunt for Foster. Read More »
North Valley's Andrew Duran (30) and Brookings-Harbor's Kallan Christensen duel for a loose ball during the Bruins' 92-73 Far West League victory over the Knights on Wednesday night in Merlin. North Valley saw its league mark slip to 7-4 with the loss.
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In an up-tempo Far West League boys' basketball game, Brookings scored 59 points in the second half to blow by North Valley 92-73 on Wednesday in Merlin.
Bruins senior Josh Serna went off, scoring 45 points in the wild, up-and-down game.
North Valley, playing a press-and-fast-break style reminiscent of Loyola Marymount in the late 1980s, gave up too many easy baskets in the second half as Brookings broke the Knights' three-game winning streak.
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A 24-year-old man accused of participating in an ambush in Wolf Creek that left a crossbow bolt in a man's cranium was sentenced Wednesday to 7-1/2 years in prison.
Jacob James Marshall agreed to plead guilty to a charge of attempted murder in a deal with prosecutors that was sealed by the court pending trial of co-defendant Brad Westley Hartmeister. Read More »
A fixture in the Rogue Valley music scene for more than 35 years, Alice Di Micele of Medford opens the Music at the Museum series Feb. 9 at the Grants Pass Museum of Art. The eight-concert series continues into October.
By Kathleen Alaks of the Daily Courier
Though she's been writing and singing songs since she was 6, playing guitar since she was 17, and has 16 albums under her belt, 58-year-old Southern Oregon singer-songwriter Alice Di Micele feels she still has a lot to accomplish.
"I'm a forever student, continuing to learn, continuing to grow and I'm not done yet," she said in a phone interview last week. "It's a lifelong thing for me." Read More »
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