Lane County Sheriff's Office

A 70-year-old Springfield man died after a two-vehicle crash Monday afternoon on East 30th Avenue near Lane Community College in Eugene.

The Lane County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday it has followed Eugene and Springfield’s lead and canceled its contract with automatic license plate camera company Flock Safety.

Erik Everardo Aguilar-Cisneros of Springfield became lost on Dec. 6 in the area of Hadsall Creek Road, south of Mapleton.

On Saturday, an Oregon State trooper and tracking canine rescued a woman from Kirk Pond off Clear Lake Road, in the Alvadore area, west of Eugene.

A University of Oregon professor has been arrested on child pornography charges.

A search is underway for a 76-year-old Oakridge man who went mushroom picking last week and didn't return.

Crews are making progress towards containing the Aubrey Mountain Fire east of Oakridge.

Crews are still fighting a wildfire, known as the Aubrey Mountain Fire, a few miles east of Oakridge that prompted evacuations and the temporary closure of Highway 58.

Lane County has a new sheriff. Carl Wilkerson, a thirty-year veteran with the Lane County Sheriff’s Department, was sworn in Wednesday.

Carl Wilkerson, the current acting sheriff, is the only qualified person who applied.

Crews searched an area outside Junction City this weekend in an effort to locate 63-year-old Jonathan House. The Eugene resident and Grand Ronde tribal elder disappeared on March 12, leaving his crashed pickup truck near the Lane County town of Cheshire.

Security measures will be ramped up at this year’s Lane County Fair after years past saw violence at the event.