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Lawrence Loeffler, the 86-year-old south Deschutes County man who murdered his 83-year-old wife in January, was sentenced to life in prison this morning.A jury in circuit court in Bend on Tuesday convicted Loeffler of murder. His trial on one count of murder lasted four days.Loeffler was wheeled into court for the last time to hear Deschutes County Circuit Court Judge A.

Lawrence Loeffler, the 86-year-old south Deschutes County man who murdered his 83-year-old wife in January, was sentenced to life in prison this morning.A jury in circuit court in Bend on Tuesday convicted Loeffler of murder. His trial on one count of murder lasted four days.Loeffler was wheeled into court for the last time to hear Deschutes County Circuit Court Judge A.

ON DECKTodayVolleyball: Ridgeview at Summit, 6:30 p. m.; Sisters at Elmira, 6:45 p. m.; Gladstone at Madras, 6 p. m.; La Pine at Cottage Grove, 6:45 p. m.; Culver at Regis, 6 p. m.; Horizon at Central Christian, 5 p. m.; Bend at Crook County, 6:30 p.

The Sears department store and the Sears Auto Center at the Bend River Promenade on Northeast Third Street will close in mid-December, a spokesman for the parent company confirmed today. No other Sears stores in the region will close, according to Howard Riefs director of corporate communications for Sears Holdings Corp.

There’s a push in Redmond to finish street construction before winter. Here’s an update:• The final steps in the Sixth Street improvement project have been delayed.

The Redmond city splash park, summer’s biggest draw at downtown Centennial Park, closed a couple of weeks earlier than normal this year.Turned off every year in late September since its opening in 2010, the spray fountain was found to be inoperable the week after Labor Day.

A commercial truck driver was found dead at a Chemult truck stop on Monday morning, according to a release from Oregon State Police.A state police trooper responded to a welfare call by a commercial trucking company after one of its employees failed to check in.

August unemployment rates in Central Oregon were largely unchanged from July, the fifth straight month of stagnant job growth, the Oregon Employment Department announced Monday.Deschutes County’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 9.9 percent in August, down from 10 percent in July, according to a news release.

Deschutes County• Michael J. and Dana G. Heath to Further 2 Development LLC, Ranch Village, First Addition, Lot 2, Block 4, $211,200* Further 2 Development LLC to Michael J. and Dana G. Heath, Ranch Village, First Addition, Lot 2, Block 4, $240,000• John A. and Katheryn M. Humphreys to Mark H. Boissevain and Katharine E.

Police LogThe Bulletin will update items in the Police Log when such a request is received. Any new information, such as the dismissal of charges or acquittal, must be verifiable. For more information, call 541-383-0358.Bend Police DepartmentTheft — A theft was reported at 10:31 a.m. Aug.