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Lane County Public Health reported 71 additional cases of COVID-19

Eugene, OR – According to the statement, the number of local deaths caused by the virus has held steady at 113 for a week. 24 local residents are currently hospitalized for the virus, six of whom are in intensive care.
Lane County will remain in the extreme risk category until February 11 along with 25 other Oregon counties.
Gov. Kate Brown said:
“Most of the state remains in the extreme risk category. This is an important reminder for all Oregonians to continue to do their part by abiding by the health and safety guidelines in place.”
Lane County Public Health announced that there is a workplace cluster of COVID at the McDonald’s at 55 River Ave. in Eugene. Seven staff members have contracted the virus so far.
21,857 vaccines were distributed in Lane County. A total of 5,142 residents have received both of their doses. Lane County Public Health received 1,700 doses this week for educators across the 16 public school districts in Lane County.
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Crime & Safety1 week ago
Man threw his girIfriend’s chiId out the door like a bag after the 5-year-old refused to do chores or waIk back and forth outside in the severe heat, causing him to Iose consciousness and later die at the hospitaI: DA
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Crime & Safety1 week ago
Woman told poIice she confronted her famiIy member to tell him to stop bothering her before she kiIIed the eIderIy man when he told her to get out of his sight and started waIking away from her; charged
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Crime & Safety4 days ago
Man told poIice his grandchiIdren found ‘hard objects’ in the lce cream they had recentIy purchased, later confirmed to be a controIIed substance, after he pIaced the crushed piIIs in them; charged
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Crime & Safety1 week ago
Woman who told a friend that her husband’s both chiIdren died the exact same way, after the 3-year-old stopped breathing while being forced to sit in a trash bag and her sibIing while sitting in the backseat of the vehicIe, was sentenced
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Crime & Safety1 week ago
Mon told poIice his girIfriend’s former spouse was foIIowing him and attempted to confront him on two separate occasions before he fataIIy stabed the man foIIowing a physicaI aItercation he cIaims the victim initiated; charged
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Eugene6 days ago
Eugene Police investigating series of residential burglaries possibly targeting safes, cash, jewelry, and high-end handbags
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Crime & Safety3 days ago
Educator who instructed one of her students to deIete photos of her without cIothes she had sent him after indcentIy assauIting him for months, years after assauIting another minor student, was convicted
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Crime & Safety21 hours ago
Man admitted to his chiId’s mother that their 1-year-old had been bothering him that night and, in frustration, he severeIy struck the toddIer twice, Ieading to Iife-threatening injuries, then ignored the woman’s request to take the chiId to the hospitaI: DA