Sports Briefs: Woods holds share of lead with Watney
SHANGHAI Tiger Woods has shot another 5-under 67 in the HSBC Champions, this one giving him a share of the 36-hole lead with Nick Watney in the final World Golf Championship of the year. Woods overcame mild frustration early in his round Friday by ...
 6.0K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 122.0 Public Enemy No. 1: Cancer patients
A lot has changed in the 210-plus years since the nation adopted the Second Amendment, guaranteeing gun rights. For one thing, federal gun laws now ban convicted illegal drug users from toting handguns. But two Oregon sheriffs say that s not tough en...
2.1K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 422.0 Sheriffs' group opposes guns for pot smokers
SALEM The right of Oregonians to use marijuana for medical reasons and also to obtain concealed handgun permits is being challenged by local sheriffs who say federal law prevents those people from packing heat. Advocates for the state s medical mar...
3.6K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 558.0 Thefts & Mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from police logs. Coos Bay Nov. 3, 8:17 a.m., police cited a man for possession of less than one ounce of marijuana on Fulton. Nov. 3, 9:19 a.m., a hit-and-run accident was reported in the Coos Ba...
3.2K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 52.0 Thefts & Mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from police logs. Coos Bay Nov. 1, 9:20 a.m., an attempted burglary was reported in the 600 block of South Wasson Street. Nov. 1, 10:24 a.m., domestic harassment was reported in the 700 block of D...
7.5K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 122.0 Thefts and Mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from police logs. Coos Bay n Oct. 30, 6:07 a.m., a fight was reported at Southwestern Oregon Community College, 1988 Newmark Ave. n Oct. 30, 10:01 a.m., criminal trespassing was reported in the 16...
2.4K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 52.0 Sports Briefs: Beaver QB Moevao needs surgery on ankle
CORVALLIS Oregon State backup quarterback Lyle Moevao will need surgery after injuring his ankle during practice. The senior started most of last season but had a slow recovery from offseason shoulder surgery and settled into a backup role behind S...
4.0K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 52.0 Grow lamp sends pot, home up in smoke
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) The very thing helping to allegedly grow an Eagan man s marijuana may have been his downfall. Ryan James Parranto is facing drug charges after authorities say a lamp being used to grow marijuana started a fire at his house in April...
0.8K - Oct. 29, 2009; scored 350.0 Thefts & Mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from police logs. Coos Bay Oct. 27, 12:01 p.m., items were stolen from a back yard in the 900 block of Crocker Street. Oct. 27, 12:58 p.m., juveniles were reportedly smoking cigarettes and marijua...
3.6K - Oct. 28, 2009; scored 52.0 Thefts & Mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from police logs. Coos Bay Oct. 26, 1:23 a.m., police arrested one man for probation violation and another on an arrest warrant, after responding to a call for loud music in the 1000 block of Lawn...
3.3K - Oct. 27, 2009; scored 83.0 Thefts & mischief
The following are reports from police logs. Coquille Oct. 23, 11:44 a.m., police arrested a teenager on charges of theft and unauthorized entry into a vehicle at Coquille High School. Oct. 23, 1:32 p.m., a fork lift was found in a ditch and reported ...
5.4K - Oct. 26, 2009; scored 83.0 Feds pot step was a good move
The Justice Department issued a memo to federal prosecutors in Colorado and 12 other medical marijuana states, telling them to stop enforcing federal marijuana laws against medical marijuana patients. This should result in an end to the mean-spirited...
1.0K - Oct. 26, 2009; scored 122.0 Thefts & Mischief
The following are reports from police logs. Bandon Oct. 21, 11:47 a.m., an assault was reported in the 700 block of 11th Street Southwest. Oct. 21, 9:45 p.m., a Colt .357-caliber firearm was stolen in the first block of North Avenue. Coos Bay Oct. 22...
3.1K - Oct. 23, 2009; scored 105.0 Court rules burglary was only trespassing
PORTLAND (AP) The Oregon Supreme Court has overturned a burglary conviction after ruling that even if a suspect confesses, prosecutors must show evidence a person is illegally in a building with intent to commit a crime. Amrit Nathan Chatelain was ...
0.7K - Oct. 23, 2009; scored 83.0 Consistent cultural standards are needed
Arla Ford Raising emotionally healthy, well-adjusted children requires relentless commitment to providing love, acceptance and security, along with the discipline of limits and responsibility. The parental tasks that contribute to well-regulated chil...
4.4K - Oct. 23, 2009; scored 52.0 Thefts & Mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from police logs. North Bend Oct. 21, 7:50 a.m., a hit-and-run occurred in the 700 block of Virginia Avenue. Oct. 21, 8:16 a.m., police seized a small amount of marijuana from a 13-year-old studen...
2.5K - Oct. 22, 2009; scored 83.0 Thefts & mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from police logs. North Bend Oct. 16, 10:13 a.m., theft was reported in the 2000 block of Virginia Court. Oct. 16, 11:11 a.m., someone stole tail lights off a vehicle parked in the 2500 block of O...
4.9K - Oct. 19, 2009; scored 52.0 Feds back off medical marijuana users
WASHINGTON Federal drug agents won t pursue pot-smoking patients or their sanctioned suppliers in states including Oregon that allow medical marijuana, under new legal guidelines to be issued today by the Obama administration. Two Justice Departmen...
4.2K - Oct. 19, 2009; scored 863.0 Shoplifting report leads to drug bust
Coquille police arrested Ann Yoakam, 48, of Coos Bay on charges of possession of methamphetamine, possession of less than an ounce of marijuana and third-degree theft. Officers had responded to McKay s Market, 400 N. Central Blvd., to a report of a s...
0.5K - Oct. 16, 2009; scored 52.0 Crash leads to DUII and drug charges
Oregon State Police troopers arrested a 22-year-old man for drunken driving early Saturday morning after his vehicle ran a red light, striking another car. Anthony Gilmore of Coos Bay was southbound on U.S. Highway 101 at 2:19 a.m. when the stop ligh...
0.9K - Oct. 13, 2009; scored 83.0 | 
