Lane County Sheriff's Office

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.

A 17-year-old male died Sunday, August 1 while swimming with his family at Fern Ridge Reservoir.

An alarming surge of fake prescription pills laced with fentanyl or meth has Oregon law enforcement on high alert. Regional DEA officials say there’s been…

The fatal shooting of a Springfield man by law enforcement has been deemed justified by the Lane County D.A.After a September 6th standoff with Lane…

A man was shot and killed by Lane County Sheriff’s deputies Monday night on Camp Creek Rd, east of Springfield.In a release, the Lane County Sheriff’s…

The following is a longer excerpt from an itnerview between KLCC's Brian Bull and Eugene Weekly reporter Ardeshir Tabrizian on his recent investigative…

A Eugene man died while in custody of local law enforcement last year. In the Eugene Weekly article, “A Hidden Death”, reporter Ardeshir Tabrizian shares…

Oregon authorities want information on anyone who may have transported a triple-homicide suspect out of the Noti area last Friday. Oen Nicholson fled…

Warm weather is expected to beckon residents to the open water this holiday weekend. With that, Lane County Sheriff’s Office has some warnings for…