KMED NEWS FOR WEDNESDAY 2/11/26
A JACKSON COUNTY GRAND JURY INDICTS A 19-YEAR OLD WHITE CITY MAN ON CHARGES OF UNLAWFUL SEXUAL PENETRATION AND 3RD DEGREE SEX ABUSE. THE SUSPECT, ELI MULUGETA YOUNG IS LODGED IN THE JACKSON COUNTY JAIL. JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFFS SAY THE CHARGES STEM FROM A REPORT LAST FRIDAY OF A MAN SEXUALLY ABUSING A GIRL UNDER THE AGE OF 14.
JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFFS REPORT FINDING THE BODY OF A EUGENE MAN MISSING SINCE DECEMBER. LAST SATURDAY A HIKER REPORTEDLY FINDING THE BODY OF 60-YEAR OLD DAMON PETRIE OF EUGENE NEAR MILL CREEK DRIVE AND HIGHWAY 66, JUST OUTSIDE THE CITY OF ASHLAND. CAUSE OF DEATH NOT ANNOUNCED, PENDING AN AUTOPSY AND TOX REPORT.
SANDRA NOVAK, FORMER DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND HR FOR JOSEPHINE COUNTY FILES A MILLION DOLLAR DEFAMATION SUIT AGAINST CURRENT SITTING COUNTY COMMISSIONER RON SMITH. ACCORDING TO THE COURT COMPLAINT IT’S CONNECTED WITH STATEMENTS COMMISSIONER SMITH MADE AT A JANUARY 14TH BUSINESS MEETING IN WHICH HE ASSERTED FORMER COMMISSIONER JOHN WEST, ALSO AT THAT SAME MEETING, CONSPIRED TO SET UP COMMISSIONER SMITH TO COMMIT SEXUAL HARASSMENT.
AND THE SALVATION ARMY CUTS THE RIBBON AND OPENS A NEW FAMILY SERVICES AND FOOD PANTRY YESTERDAY, CELTBRATING A NEW REMODEL. NBC5 REPORTS CHANGES TO THE CENTER INCLUDEE MORE OF A SHOPPING-STYLE OF FOOD PANTRY. LOCAL BUSINESS KELLY’S AUTOMOTIVE CENTER DONATED 2,000 POUNDS OF PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY TO HELP KICKSTART THE PANTRY.