One day after a Cottage Grove woman filed a lawsuit against a man who smashed into an Interstate 5 median and sent concrete blocks flying into oncoming traffic in 2018, a Myrtle Creek man injured in the wreck did the same.
Two years after a man drove through an interstate barrier near the northern Douglas County line, a woman injured in the crash is suing for nearly $15,000, according to court documents.
A Roseburg man has been sentenced to more than six years in prison after agreeing to a plea deal in the shooting death of his friend. The incident occurred more than two years ago and was livestreamed on the internet.
A burglar made himself a chimichanga and drank some Chivas whiskey Sunday night after he broke into a local Mexican restaurant in Roseburg, according to a police report.
The woman who allegedly stole a backpack and a gun from inside Roseburg High School in April told the Douglas County Circut Court she underwent psychological torture, gang stalking and police harassment leading to the moment where she took the items from a closet at the school.
Former Douglas County Commissioner Gary Leif is suing the county for $7,269 in attorney fees.
A Riddle woman accused of having sex with a 14-year-old boy was arrested Thursday, according to the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office.
A trial has been set for next April for a Happy Valley man accused of multiple counts of encouraging child sexual abuse and possession of methamphetamine.
A Douglas County judge sentenced a 20-year-old Glide man to prison for a drunken-driving crash in September that seriously injured his passenger near Tenmile.
The federal government must harvest more timber and share the revenue with Douglas and other Oregon counties, a federal district judge has ruled.
A woman who worked as a clerk at a Roseburg market is suing the market and its manager for creating a hostile work environment that reportedly included acts of sexual assault and battery, and sexual harassment against her.
Douglas County was among 14 counties that won a $1 billion lawsuit against the state Wednesday, after a jury agreed with the counties’ claims that Oregon deprived them of revenue for decades by limiting logging.
A Douglas County judge has ruled that a lawsuit filed by Optima LLC against Atrio Health Plans LLC should be transferred to Marion County in Salem, where the Atrio administration offices are now located.
A Douglas County judge is considering two motions by Atrio Health Plans, Inc., to move a lawsuit filed in Douglas County against Optima, LLC, to Marion County and to consolidate the lawsuit with one that Atrio filed against Optima.
A Portland man will spend the next 7.5 years in prison after pleading guilty to drug charges in a Douglas County court Tuesday morning to avoid federal prosecution.
A 36-year-old Glendale woman was arrested Thursday after allegedly breaking into Glendale High School and stealing school supplies from student lockers after a homecoming dance.
A Roseburg woman is suing Walmart for $550,000 after allegedly slipping on spilled sugar in 2017, according to documents filed with the Douglas County Circuit Court on Monday.
Because of a new indictment against a Josephine County man already serving a 12½ year prison term for sexually abusing a minor in Josephine County, he now faces up to 68 charges in Douglas County.
A man accused of sexually abusing a child has been released from Douglas County jail while the district attorney’s office determines whether to file an appeal to a court order that suppresses part of the interviews done by police.
ALBANY — A class-action lawsuit demanding the state harvest more timber on 654,000 acres of forest trust lands and share that revenue with 14 counties began Thursday in Linn County Circuit Court.
Tucked away in Room 305 of the Douglas County Courthouse is a small library devoted to books on law.
The defense attorney for the Roseburg man accused of live-streaming the death of his friend in 2017 asked for more time to consider new information ahead of a hearing where the defendant might have offered a new plea.
A sex abuse trial in Douglas County Circuit Court for a man already serving time for a conviction in Josephine County, has been postponed.
Jamie Todd Adams, a 44-year-old former Glide School District maintenance worker, was sentenced to 12½ years in prison for sexually abusing his stepdaughter.
A Salem area man was sentenced to 11 years in prison by a Douglas County judge this week after he was convicted on drug charges.
A Curtin man who is accused of shooting at his girlfriend at a home in Curtin with a young child present, will stand trial in October.
A former groundskeeper for the Glide School District has been convicted on six counts in connection with sexually abusing his stepdaughter.
U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken heard arguments Wednesday in the case of a former Douglas County Jail inmate who alleged she was left in pain for months after being refused medication for a nerve condition.
The trial of a Myrtle Creek man accused of aggravated murder is not scheduled until September 2020, but the outcome of a possible special session of the Oregon Legislature may impact whether Troy Russell Phelps is tried for aggravated murder or a straight murder charge.
A woman who claims she was mistreated at the Douglas County Jail was set to be back in federal District Court in Eugene on Wednesday afternoon.
Douglas County District Attorney Rick Wesenberg and other attorneys have raised concerns about a recent bill passed this year to restrict the death penalty.
A Days Creek man, who was employed by the Boys & Girls Club of the Umpqua Valley in Roseburg for summer work, has pleaded not guilty to child sex abuse crimes in a Douglas County Circuit Courtroom.
A former Riddle teacher accused of stealing more than $80,000 from the school district has been sentenced to a week in jail, 23 days on work crew, plus several other conditions of a plea agreement.
The City of Myrtle Creek and the Oregon Department of Human Services violated multiple child welfare laws while the state investigated a former Myrtle Creek police officer for child sex abuse this winter, according to allegations made in a lawsuit filed on July 18.
A Portland man who was arrested in Roseburg a week ago has pleaded not guilty in Douglas County Circuit Court to all 10 charges against him including possession and delivery of heroin, methamphetamine and cocaine, plus several weapons charges.
A Josephine County man has pleaded not guilty to 24 counts involving child sex abuse in Douglas County and a trial date has been set for later this month.
A man is suing an Arkansas trucking company for $670,000 for injuries incurred at the Douglas County receiving dock in 2017.
