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Sometimes you get two birds with one stone. Oregon‘s Newberg-Dundee police were attempting to apprehend Randy Lee Cooper of Portland on Monday when he took them on a chase that lasted several blocks. According to the local Fox-affiliate, the pursuit ended when Cooper smashed the stolen Toyota Land Cruiser into a Buick Regal near an intersection. After assessing […]
Today in Oh Hell Yeah, we have word that a statue of Thomas Jefferson has been toppled amid protests in Portland. The statue, which marks merely the latest example of unworthy monuments being removed via DIY methods by the general public, was toppled from its location of the steps of Jefferson High School on Sunday after the […]
While COVID-19 has targeted the elderly, there have been some success stories of older people making a full recovery from the virus. The latest is from a 95-year-old World War II veteran who lives in Oregon. After Bill Kelly discovered that he tested positive for coronavirus on March 17, his health has improved, The Oregonian […]
Hoosiers, Oregonians, Michiganders, New Mexicans, Washingtonians, and whatever people from Wisconsin are called are about to have much more boring lives in the immediate future on account of their states issuing “stay at home” orders on Monday. This should affect a good chunk of the 36 million people who call those six states home. Additionally, the […]
Oregon marijuana sales on the Idaho border are an estimated 420 percent higher than the state average. While Oregon is a recreational weed state, Idaho is not, an unfortunate reality for Idahoans that makes the higher-than-average sales along the states’ border possible. The fitting stat comes from the Oregon Office of Economic Analysis (OEA) by […]
After beating cancer (twice!), an Oregon man tapped into good luck once again by bagging millions with a winning lottery ticket. “I am a very lucky guy,” Stu MacDonald, whose ticket ended up being worth a massive $4.6 million, said in an Oregon Lottery press release. “I have survived cancer twice and here I am. […]
Professional driver, fabricator, and television personality Jessi Combs died at the age of 36 on Tuesday, according to a local NBC affiliate. Combs was attempting to break her own land speed record when she lost control of the 52,000 horsepower jet-powered car she was driving and crashed in Oregon’s Alvord Desert. Police were called to the incident around 4 p.m. local time and […]
A high school athletics coach was been declared a hero after thwarting a possible school shooting. The incident occurred Friday at Parkrose High School in Portland, Oregon, where an 18-year-old man reportedly entered a classroom with a gun. Moments after the man pulled out the firearm, Keanon Lowe, a football and track coach at the school, tackled the student […]
A young Oregon Girl Scout was tasked with a simple plan: sell the signature cookies to raise funds for the organization. While she managed to make over $700 for the club, her father had plans of his own. Global News reports that 40-year-old Brian Couture, the scout’s dad, called the police to report that the money went missing […]
An unvaccinated 6-year-old child was hospitalized in Oregon for 57 days after contracting the state’s first case of tetanus in almost 30 years, ABC News reports. The boy spent 47 days in the intensive care unit and 10 days in an intermediate care unit after being diagnosed with tetanus, leaving with a bill of almost […]
