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Watch Now Subscribe Now Sign In SEARCH 'Personification of evil' dies on Oregon death row The man who kidnapped and killed a lesbian couple in Medford in 1995 in one of Jackson County’s most infamous murder cases died today in his prison cell in Salem. Robert James Acremant, 50, who a juror in his 1997 trial called “the personification of evil,” was found dead during a routine bed check this morning on Death Row at the Oregon State Penitentiary, state prison officials said. Robert Acremant (DOC photo) OSP seizes 6 lbs. of meth headed for Ashland A traffic stop just north of the California border yielded six pounds of methamphetamine headed for Southern Oregon and six arrests.Daniel Polanco-Mojica, 25, and Paul Andres Valles-Martinez, 22, each face felony charges of delivering and possessing substa Fentanyl proves deadly in 3 out of 9 heroin overdoses It’s official. The often deadly drug fentanyl has entered the local heroin supply.Lab test results are back for nine of the 10 people who died of suspected heroin overdoses in March and April in Jackson County.Heroin plus fentanyl was found in the systems Fast-moving wildfire burns about 10 acres off Greenway A grass fire that roared to life just off a stretch of Bear Creek near Interstate 5 brought fire trucks from three departments to the scene and forced a temporary closure of part of the freeway Monday afternoon.Units from Medford Fire-Rescue, Jackson Count Local spiritual leaders share their #MeToo stories Female spiritual leaders of the region Sunday drew from their own experience to spell out how sexual harassment and predation work in religious settings and what can be done about it, starting with standing up and speaking out.Up to 85 percent of clergywo Violence along Greenway yields arrests Separate violent incidents along the Bear Creek Greenway have led to the arrests of two men, including one who is a registered sex offender.Larry Michael Odom, 57, of the 100 block of South Main Street in Phoenix, is accused of using a metal baseball bat i Three arrested following Thursday night car heist Three people are in jail on robbery and assault charges after they allegedly stole a car from a Central Point resident and struck him in the face with a handgun Thursday night.James Grayson Ward and Trevor Lee Ettinger, both 35, and 26-year-old Desiree Lyn Men face charges for castrating dog Two Rogue Valley men are facing animal abuse charges for allegedly working together to castrate a dog.Miguel Angel Rizo Flores, 36, of the 13500 block of Agate Road in Eagle Point, has been charged with three counts of first-degree animal abuse and one cou Ashland man held in shooting An Ashland man is being held in the Jackson County Jail after allegedly shooting a man with a gun he thought was not loaded.Gabriel N. Stevens, 21, of Corral Lane, faces charges of second-degree assault, unlawful use of a weapon and recklessly endangering One wounded in Medford officer-involved shooting A 41-year-old man was wounded by a Medford police officer Thursday afternoon in the 1000 block of Garfield Street after the man reportedly fired on police.The man was identified as William Allen Shelton Jr. Police had responded to the area of Garfield and Emergency Services, March 27 Felony arrestsStrangulation Jason L. McKinney, 31, of the 2400 block of Pinebrook Circle, Medford. Medford police Sunday arrested McKinney on charges of felony strangulation and harassment. He was lodged Sunday in the Jackson County Jail and released Mond Sugar pines to sweeten burned area ASHLAND A 50-acre patch of Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest land that was scorched during controlled burning last summer will become home to a new stand of sugar pine seedlings rarely found in the dense hills overlooking Ashland.The too-hot burn kille Stolen guitar is home John Watt’s one-of-a-kind Beatles memorabilia guitar is back on its stand in his downtown Medford office after a four-month absence.The custom, handcrafted guitar, featuring images and text related to the Beatles’ platinum 1967 album “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Post office closes lobby at night The U.S. Postal Service is closing its Medford lobby at night after receiving reports of aggressive transients and drug users hanging around inside.The USPS posted a sign notifying customers of new, restricted lobby hours on March 12.While post office bran Man who threatened to spread HIV gets probation A homeless Oregon City man who allegedly claimed to be HIV-positive and used a blood-filled syringe while stealing less than $20 of food from a Medford grocery store escaped further jail time Monday.Daniel Scott Hammers, 33, was sentenced Monday in Jackson Lawsuit filed after suicide of Oregon parole officer’s son EUGENE The estate of an Oregon high school student who killed himself says in a federal lawsuit the teen used a gun that belonged to his father a parole and probation officer.The suit filed Wednesday seeks nonspecific damages from the father, the father’ Southern Oregon at ground zero for climate change Suspected arsonist arrested after fiery stand-off Crashes leave one dead, two injured $724M question: Kicker or PERS? 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