Thefts & Mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from police logs. Coos Bay Nov. 9, 8:21 a.m., a man reported his wallet was taken while he was sleeping at the South Coast Gospel Mission, 1999 N. Seventh St. Nov. 9, 8:54 a.m., a student had her ...
 3.1K - Nov. 10, 2009; scored 54.0 2 dead, reports of others shot at Tualatin office
TUALATIN, Ore. (AP) Oregon police say a shooting at drug-testing facility in a suburban Portland office park has left two people dead and two others wounded. Police say the apparent shooter was among those killed, apparently from a self-inflected g...
1.0K - Nov. 10, 2009; scored 54.0 Women of the Year:
NEW YORK Even for a venue as grand as New York s Carnegie Hall, there was a pretty dazzling concentration of star power at Glamour magazine s Women of the Year awards. Pop star Rihanna was there, in the most body-hugging of gowns. Tennis star Seren...
4.8K - Nov. 10, 2009; scored 54.0 Sherbondy in prison for 2 years
COQUILLE When Gwen Sherbondy stole money from a graduation fund for Coquille seniors, she didn t just take $11,665. As a parent helper for the fundraiser, she also betrayed the community s trust to pay for her gambling addiction. It s for this...
4.2K - Nov. 10, 2009; scored 433.0 Crash slows Johnson s run to NASCAR title
FORT WORTH, Texas Jimmie Johnson sat in his car going nowhere for more than an hour, his NASCAR Sprint Cup lead shrinking with every passing lap. While crew chief Chad Knaus and Co. were basically rebuilding the mangled mess that was his No. 48 Che...
5.0K - Nov. 9, 2009; scored 54.0 Fight lands man in jail on drug charge
One Coos Bay bank was closed Saturday, but police picked up a man in the parking lot, and soon after made a deposit at the Coos County jail. At 2:27 a.m., officers responded to a call about man and woman fighting outside Sterling Savings Bank, 150 S....
0.6K - Nov. 9, 2009; scored 85.0 Pageant helped animal shelter
On Oct. 30, Life Care Center of Coos Bay hosted our first annual Pooch Pageant. This was a fundraiser to help out the Coos County Animal Shelter. We wish to thank everyone involved for the event s success. Thank you to Bi-Coastal, The World newspaper...
1.0K - Nov. 9, 2009; scored 54.0 France hunts for bank heist driver
PARIS (AP) French police conducted a nationwide search Friday for a security driver who vanished with $7.4 million in cash from a bank in the central city of Lyon, authorities said. Lyon prosecutor Xavier Richard said 39-year-old Tony Musulin ...
2.2K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 389.0 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 108.0 Sports Briefs: College band buses crash in Arkansas
FORDYCE, Ark. ” A dozen students and a bus driver are being treated for injuries after three buses carrying members of the renowned Grambling State University marching band were involved in a traffic crash in southern Arkansas. Arkansas State ...
2.7K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 54.0 Gordon takes pole in Texas
FORT WORTH, Texas ” Jeff Gordon is suddenly having all kind of success at Texas Motor Speedway, a track where he had never won until earlier this season. Gordon captured his first pole of the season, waiting until the third-to-last race to ext...
2.7K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 54.0 Thanksgiving service in Coquille
The Pioneer United Methodist Church, 180 N. Baxter St., in Coquille will host a community Thanksgiving service at 6 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 22. Recently arrived Pastor Alvie Hazen of St. James Episcopal Church will be our guest speaker. It is requested th...
0.6K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 54.0 Hitting 10 percent
WASHINGTON (AP) The unemployment rate has surpassed 10 percent for the first time since 1983 and is likely to go higher. Nearly 16 million people can t find jobs even though the worst recession since the Great Depression has apparently ended. Man...
7.3K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 54.0 KEEP ON TRUCKIN'
MILLINGTON Ingrid Hill never found a full-time job after getting laid off last year, but she did find a dump truck. Hill has 22 years of experience in the construction industry, most recently working for Knife River Corp., but cutbacks last year ca...
3.8K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 54.0 Senator: No fed money for wind project
WASHINGTON A Democratic senator is calling on the Obama administration to reject an expected request for federal economic stimulus money as part of a $1.5 billion West Texas wind energy project because he says it will generate Chinese, not Ame...
3.3K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 54.0 Congress slowly consolidates power
The public forum section of The World addresses a variety of views and opinions regarding the various problems that are plaguing our nations today. Some of these letters indicate a firm grasp of the political structure that has led us to our current ...
2.5K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 54.0 Surprised the media elite backed Fox?
Nobody should be surprised to see the nation s esteemed celebrity news media align with Fox News against the White House. Supposedly, the press regulates its own behavior; in reality, that s been a joke for two decades. Today, even the fig leaf has b...
4.1K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 54.0 NASCAR should consider changes at Talladega
TALLADEGA, Ala. NASCAR will point to the 58 lead changes among 26 drivers as proof of a good race at Talladega Superspeedway. But pushing those stats is much like a used car salesman trying to unload a lemon. You can spit-shine the product all you ...
5.5K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 54.0 Phillies send Series back to the Bronx
PHILADELPHIA Now comes the hard part for the Philadelphia Phillies: winning two in a row at Yankee Stadium. The defending champions hung on in the final game of the year at Citizens Bank Park when Derek Jeter grounded into a ninth-inning double pla...
4.5K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 54.0 Storm kills 23 in Vietnam
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) Tropical Storm Mirinae unleashed severe flooding in parts of central Vietnam, killing 23 people, leaving two missing and stranding families on rooftops, disaster officials said today. The death toll in the hardest-hit province o...
2.8K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 54.0 | 
