Meningitis is a relatively uncommon disease but it strikes quick and can be deadly especially in young children. Parents need to act immediately if your child shows any of the following symptoms:More>>
Bacterial meningitis is usually severe. While most people with meningitis recover, it can cause serious complications, such as brain damage, hearing loss, or learning disabilities.More>>
Twenty-three people have now died and 284 have been sickened in the nationwide meningitis outbreak apparently tied to contaminated steroid injections, U.S. health officials reported Saturday.More>>
Eleven people have died so far from an outbreak of a rare non-contagious fungal meningitis, an inflammation of membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord.
Health experts said Thursday they expect to see more cases of a deadly type of meningitis that has been linked to an apparently contaminated steroid used for back pain. The outbreak so far has killed four people.More>>
Friday, May 24 2013 12:28 PM EDT2013-05-24 16:28:02 GMT
A bridge on Interstate 5 in northern Washington collapsed Thursday evening, sending people and cars into the water. Washington State Patrol troopers confirmed both lanes of the Skagit River Bridge collapsedMore >
An I-5 bridge crossing a river in northern Washington collapsed Thursday evening, sending people and cars into the water. Photos l Video More >
Thursday, May 23 2013 11:53 PM EDT2013-05-24 03:53:19 GMT
An historic statue of President Abraham Lincoln was beheaded at Lincoln High School on Thursday night. School principal Peyton Chapman said a few students apparently tried to move the statue from the foreignMore >
An historic statue of President Abraham Lincoln was beheaded at Lincoln High School on Thursday night.More >
Thursday, May 23 2013 3:42 PM EDT2013-05-23 19:42:52 GMT
Neighbors are banding together in an effort to keep a local family from being forced out of their home in southwest Portland. Two members of the family are battling brain tumors. More >
Neighbors are banding together to try to keep a local family from being forced out of their home. Two members of the family are battling brain tumors.More >
Wednesday, May 22 2013 12:13 AM EDT2013-05-22 04:13:11 GMT
A British woman who claimed to have hit a cyclist while driving her car and then driving off tweeted about driving off and not caring much about it. But then the cops tweeted back.More >
The first rule of Twitter - it's not smart to tweet about a crime. More >
Friday, May 24 2013 1:44 AM EDT2013-05-24 05:44:00 GMT
Family and friends of a local woman found dead in Hawaii held a candlelight vigil in north Portland on Thursday night in her honor.More >
Family and friends of a local woman found dead in Hawaii held a candlelight vigil in north Portland on Thursday night in her honor. The body of Ivanice Harris, who was known to many as Ivy Harris, was found Monday in some brush in a remote area of Oahu. More >
Thursday, May 23 2013 12:13 PM EDT2013-05-23 16:13:30 GMT
Washington State Patrol is trying to track down a hit-and-run driver in a black Ford F150 pickup truck. State Trooper William Finn said the pickup driver ran a truck and trailer off the road on InterstateMore >
Washington State Patrol is trying to track down a hit-and-run driver in a black Ford F150 pickup truck.More >
Thursday, May 23 2013 8:11 PM EDT2013-05-24 00:11:40 GMT
Portland police are asking for help finding a missing and endangered 17-year-old boy. Gabriel Kearns, 17, left his home in Portland's Irvington neighborhood at 10:45 a.m. Thursday without saying anythingMore >
Gabriel Kearns, 17, left his home in Portland's Irvington neighborhood at 10:45 a.m. Thursday without saying anything to his family.More >
Friday, May 24 2013 12:58 PM EDT2013-05-24 16:58:23 GMT
Unclaimed evidence is among the things you'll find in a huge warehouse in Salem called State Surplus Property. Law enforcement and other state agencies send their stuff there to be sold. "A good majorityMore >
Unclaimed evidence is among the things you'll find in a huge warehouse in Salem called State Surplus Property. Law enforcement and other state agencies send their stuff there to be sold.More >
Friday, May 24 2013 12:25 AM EDT2013-05-24 04:25:55 GMT
Portland Police are investigating an armed robbery in NE Portland's Cully neighborhood. It happened Thursday afternoon at about 1:46 p.m. at the Layu Cateca store at 4260 NE Cully Boulevard. When officersMore >
Portland police are investigating an armed robbery in northeast Portland's Cully neighborhood.More >
Thursday, May 23 2013 11:45 AM EDT2013-05-23 15:45:05 GMT
Portland police have arrested the suspect in an assault and stabbing in Northeast Portland. James Moultrie was booked in the Multnomah County Jail on assault, kidnap, rape and sodomy charges.Police respondedMore >
Portland police have arrested the suspect in an assault and stabbing in Northeast Portland. James Moultrie was booked in the Multnomah County Jail on assault, kidnap, rape and sodomy charges.More >
