Sherbondy will hear sentence on Monday
A Coquille woman will soon find out how much time she ll serve behind bars, when a Coos County judge hands down her sentence for looting more than $10,000 from a fund for graduating high schoolers. On Monday, Gwendolyn Sherbondy will appear in J...
 1.0K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 75.0 Roseburg selling off two timber tracts
Three Coos County timber tracts are on the auction block, with two being sold by Roseburg Timber Products. John Rosenthal, president of Realty Marketing/Northwest said Roseburg isn t selling out. It s just selling off smaller, scattered tracts and fo...
1.7K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 391.0 College needs to first solve crimes
This is about the article concerning smokers (The World, Oct. 28) College May Snuff out Smokers. Why? This is still the United States of America and we should still have some rights left, without having intimidation hanging over our heads. Nonsmoke...
2.5K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 75.0 North Bend girls reach soccer playoffs
North Bend s girls soccer team advanced to the state playoffs by beating Umpqua Valley Christian in a penalty kick shootout at River Forks Park in Roseburg on Monday. The Bulldogs stayed alive in the match when Taylor Cribbins had her third goal of t...
2.1K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 75.0 Janet Lynn Johnson
A celebration of life will be held for Janet Lynn (Mayer) Johnson, 58, of Coos Bay, at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, at Lakeside Community Church, 720 N. Eighth St. in Lakeside, with a potluck to follow at the church. Janet was born Aug. 9, 1951, in Coos ...
1.4K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 151.0 Steven V. Weeks
At his request, no services will be held for Steven V. Weeks, 68, of Coquille. Steve was born Aug. 20, 1941, in Bandon and raised by his parents, Virgil and Lucile Weeks, in Green Acres, along with his brother Paul. He died Oct. 29, 2009, in Coquille...
1.6K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 75.0 PETA wants end to elephant car wash
WINSTON (AP) People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals wants an Oregon wildlife park to stop using elephants to wash cars. An Oct. 22 letter from the animal rights group to Wildlife Safari calls the elephant car wash a gimmick that does nothing ...
2.1K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 75.0 Dennis Wayne Freeman
A memorial Mass will be held for Dennis Wayne Freeman, 62, of Roseburg at 10 a.m., Friday, Nov. 6, at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, 323 N. Comstock in Sutherlin. Dennis was born March 11, 1947, in Eugene, to Don and Clara Freeman. His family be...
1.4K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 119.0 Local Recap: Marshfield boys qualify for state meet
Marshfield s boys cross country team qualified for the state meet for the first time in a decade on Wednesday, finishing second to Thurston in the Midwestern League championships at Lane Community College. The news wasn t as good for Marshfield s gir...
2.9K - Oct. 29, 2009; scored 75.0 College may snuff out smokes
COOS BAY Smokers on Southwestern Oregon Community College s campuses may have nowhere to light up come fall 2011, if the college s board of education agrees with student recommendations. Following a smoke-free survey provided online from Sept. 24 t...
2.9K - Oct. 28, 2009; scored 75.0 OSAA approves hybrid leagues for sports
Cross-classification hybrids became a reality Monday when the Oregon School Activities Association Executive Board approved the classification and district assignments for the next four-year time block. The Executive Board did not make any changes to...
4.5K - Oct. 27, 2009; scored 75.0 Feds can't provide health care now
I believe it is about time for me to put an example in front of the readers of The World in regard to the public option or single-payer system health care program that is being debated in Congress. As a disabled American veteran, I am entitled to use...
2.4K - Oct. 26, 2009; scored 151.0 Two killed in crash near Roseburg
TENMILE (AP) An Oregon man and a Minnesota woman have died in a single car crash near Tenmile. Oregon State Police say 37-year-old Jason Wiess, of Tenmile, was westbound on state Highway 42 at about 9:35 p.m. Saturday, when he lost control of his C...
0.9K - Oct. 26, 2009; scored 391.0 Local beach advisories lifted Friday
Health advisories for contact with marine water were lifted Friday at Bastendorff Beach County Park and Sunset Bay State Park, according to the Oregon Department of Human Services. Testing showed the contamination had subsided and the waters did not ...
2.3K - Oct. 25, 2009; scored 75.0 Alleged victim says he didn t lie about coach
The man who accused Wendi Boutiette of having sex with him when he was 17 says he didn t lie, but he was unwilling to take a polygraph test. A letter to prosecutor Shannon Sullivan, dated Oct. 4, explains why he would no longer cooperate. During the ...
3.3K - Oct. 25, 2009; scored 75.0 Local beach advisories lifted Friday
Health advisories for contact with marine water were lifted Friday at Bastendorff Beach County Park and Sunset Bay State Park, according to the Oregon Department of Human Services. Testing showed the contamination had subsided and the waters did not ...
2.3K - Oct. 24, 2009; scored 75.0 Alleged victim says he didn t lie about coach
The man who accused Wendi Boutiette of having sex with him when he was 17 says he didn t lie, but he was unwilling to take a polygraph test. A letter to prosecutor Shannon Sullivan, dated Oct. 4, explains why he would no longer cooperate. During the ...
3.3K - Oct. 24, 2009; scored 75.0 Southern Oregon doctor takes care back to simpler days
DRAIN The technology behind modern medicine has advanced daily, but somewhere along the line a patient s overall care has slipped, says Dr. Joanne Holland, whose patients in a small Southern Oregon town feel free to call her at home. Whether it s d...
3.7K - Oct. 23, 2009; scored 303.0 DA clears track coach
The state has dropped sex abuse charges against Wendi Boutiette, but she s still reeling from the events of the past nine months. Her 9-year-old son has wondered whether his mom would go to jail. She stepped down as Coquille High School s track coach...
4.1K - Oct. 23, 2009; scored 119.0 DA dismisses charges against former track coach
The Douglas County District Attorney s office has filed a motion to dismiss sex-abuse charges against former Coquille High School track coach Wendi Boutiette. The filing was prompted by the unwillingness of Boutiette s alleged victim to cooperate wit...
1.4K - Oct. 22, 2009; scored 75.0 | 
