Subject officers to random drug tests
Am I the only one who sees the illegal activities that go on within the county of Coos? I mean law enforcement are the most crooked/corrupt members of this community. Law officials spend way too much time trying to fix an arrest and conviction agai...
 1.5K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 51.0 Don't blame women for sex assaults
Once again, I read the paper only to feel frustrated at the lack of critical knowledge about the horrible crime of rape or sexual assault. I am saddened by the story on the front page of last Saturday s paper SOCC vigilant after sex attack. For 10 y...
2.7K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 155.0 Jail expenses return to pre-layoff levels
COQUILLE - Almost three years ago, Coos County laid off 22 jail workers and limited the number of prisoners it would house, all to save slightly less than $1 million a year. Today, felons walk free in a third of the time, yet jail spending has c...
6.2K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 51.0 Police search college dorms
Coos Bay police officers shook down some dorm rooms at Southwestern Oregon Community College on Friday morning in their ongoing investigation into a recent sexual assault. Officers served several search warrants within student housing and interviewed...
2.3K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 81.0 Inmate release program criticized
SALEM - Anti-crime activists and some prosecutors are taking aim at the Oregon Legislature s move to reduce many state prison inmate sentences as a way to save money. Oregon Anti-Crime Alliance spokeswoman Tara Lawrence said Friday that courts and di...
3.1K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 145.0 Grand jury clears cop of rape charge
A Coos County grand jury has decided not to charge a North Bend police officer with a crime after he was accused of sexually assaulting a 21-year-old woman. North Bend Police Chief Steve Scibelli put officer Jason Griggs, 36, on administrative leave ...
2.1K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 51.0 NJ jurors convict Florida man in 'fat defense' trial
HACKENSACK, N.J. (AP) ” A jury convicted a Florida man Friday of murdering his former son-in-law, rejecting the man s defense that he was too fat to have run up and down a flight of stairs to commit the crime and make a quick getaway. Edward A...
3.4K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 51.0 NYC woman sentenced in dad s killing
NEW YORK (AP) A New York City woman convicted of killing her father and mutilating his body has been sentenced to five to 15 years in prison. After Friday s sentencing, Queens District Attorney Richard Brown called the crime deeply disturbing and s...
1.1K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 81.0 Hit list
The charts TELEVISION 1. World Series Game 4, Fox. 2. World Series Game 1, Fox. 3. World Series Game 2, Fox. 4. World Series Pre-Game, Game 4, Fox. 5. Dancing With the Stars, ABC. 6. NCIS, CBS. 7. The OT, Fox. 8. The Mentalist, CBS. 9. World ...
1.8K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 51.0 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 51.0 Police narrow sights on school vandalism suspects
The Curry County Sheriff s Office has recovered 20 computers stolen last month from Pacific High School north of Port Orford. The soggy laptops were stashed on a suspect s property five miles from the school in a gorse patch, sheriff s Lt. John Ward ...
1.9K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 51.0 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 207.0 Fox war is a petty endeavor
Steve and Cokie Roberts, opinionPresidents usually turn to their secretaries of state for foreign-policy advice. But Barack Obama must have been channeling Hillary Clinton when he decided to attack Fox News. It was Clinton, of course, who blamed her ...
3.2K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 51.0 A different kind of pet rescue
NEWPORT (AP) By day, Duane Parton III is known as the dog whisperer; and his cohort James Erdman, the cat whisperer. Both earned those designations for their winning ways with the critters at the Lincoln County Animal Shelter. By night, however the...
4.7K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 51.0 Israel: Gaza rockets can reach metro Tel Aviv
JERUSALEM (AP) Hamas militants in Gaza have successfully test-fired an Iranian rocket able to reach Israel s largest urban center, the country s military intelligence chief said today. Maj. Gen. Amos Yadlin told parliament s foreign affairs and def...
3.0K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 51.0 Sex cases pose hard choices
Clark Walworth, Publisher/Editor Sex crimes were back in the news last week. An assault was reported in Coos Bay, and charges were dismissed in a much-talked-about Coquille case. Here are some questions and answers about how The World covers such cas...
3.0K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 145.0 SOCC vigilant after sex attack
Coos Bay police officers are investigating the sexual assault of a woman, after one or more people attacked her inside a dorm room at Southwestern Oregon Community College. The attack occurred early Thursday morning at the college s Coos Bay campus, ...
5.0K - Nov. 1, 2009; scored 51.0 Elected leaders need to push for progress
Well, I guess Jody McCaffree and her CAVE people have scored another hit on the liquefied natural gas plant coming to Coos Bay. Meanwhile, we still have people out of work, losing their homes and cars and going hungry crime is also up. When The Wor...
0.9K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 81.0 Bandon fights the odds on police levy
Bandon officials say the day is approaching when the police department won t have enough officers to provide 24-hour protection. They are hoping taxpayers will dig deeper into their pockets to help pay for police officer salaries. Voters in the city ...
4.9K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 81.0 SOCC vigilant after sex attack
Coos Bay police officers are investigating the sexual assault of a woman, after one or more people attacked her inside a dorm room at Southwestern Oregon Community College. The attack occurred early Thursday morning at the college s Coos Bay campus, ...
5.0K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 51.0 | 
