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Oregon State University is working on a plan to beef up its student conduct monitoring to deal with off-campus behavior. OSU’s office of Student Conduct and Community Standards is expanding its operation to include off-campus student incidents, and 2.5 positions could be added to handle the extra workload.

Police are searching for a man who reportedly used a gun this morning to rob a Radio Shack in west Eugene. The robbery at the business at 3015 W. 11th Ave. was reported just after 9 a.m. Police ask anyone with information about the incident to contact them.

Two Portland residents stand accused of using a stolen U-Haul truck to lead officers on a lengthy, high-speed chase on Wednesday afternoon. The pursuit started and ended in Eugene.

A virtual world of new course opportunities is opening to Eugene School District students, thanks to a new collaboration between the district and an online school.

A man who was almost shot when he confronted police at a home near Deadwood while armed with an Egyptian-made assault rifle was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison today.

The north and southbound lanes of Northwest Expressway between Awbrey Lane and Irvington Drive are closed to traffic at this hour while police investigate a suspect vehicle involved in a multi-agency pursuit. Drivers are asked to take alternative routes to avoid congestion in the area.

A Eugene man is in the Lane County Jail on weapons charges after he allegedly made threats to a local adult care facility, police said. The threats that Scott Alan Gorman, 45, made to the facility referenced his displeasure with services being provided to a family member, police said.

MARCOLA — Two Albany men were found safe this morning after becoming lost overnight in the Coburg Hills north of Marcola. Lane County officials learned Tuesday night Joshua R.

SPRINGFIELD — A Springfield man is in jail on drunken-driving and hit-and-run driving charges after a traffic crash on Tuesday night. Jesse Carl Bridges, 30, allegedly ran from the scene of the 9:30 p.m. crash at the intersection of Centennial Boulevard and Mill Street.

SPRINGFIELD — Fifty-five people at an area assisted living facility are showing flu-like symptoms and 19 of them have been hospitalized, Lane County Public Health announced this morning.