Author: KGW Staff TIGARD, Ore. (KGW) — Detectives arrested a Tigard couple on Wednesday after they allegedly abused and “chained up” a child in their home over a period of nearly a year, according to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office. ...
Author: Alma McCarty (KGW) WASHINGTON COUNTY, Ore. (KGW) — In Oregon, 40% of women and 36% of men experience domestic violence, and more than half of all women in the state experience sexual assault, according to the Washington County Family ...
Author: Anthony Macuk (KGW), Alma McCarty (KGW) OREGON CITY, Ore. — A high school senior has filed an $832,000 lawsuit against the Oregon City School District (OCSD) after the district’s high school held a school-wide virtual assembly that included a ...
MEDFORD, Ore. – While police in Medford and Grants Pass said domestic violence cases are not up this year, one Jackson County non-profit said cases have gotten more severe. Barbara Johnson is the Executive Director for Community Works, a local ...
MEDFORD, Ore. — Police say crime statistics may be down locally, but that doesn’t mean police aren’t concerned about what’s happening behind closed doors. “People really don’t want to do anything about it until it’s reached critical levels and then ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A local politician is urging the Trump administration to help protect domestic violence victims and survivors during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) cited a New York Times article regarding those who are quarantined ...
MEDFORD, Ore. — The Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County has recently earned re-accreditation. The National Children’s Alliance awards memberships based on a child advocacy center’s compliance with 10 national standards to ensure effective services of child abuse victims. The ...
MEDFORD, Ore — Each year, 700,000 Oregon women are survivors of domestic violence and 60 Oregon women are killed by their abusers, according to the domestic and sexual violence resource center, Community Works. It’s why the organization adopted what’s called ...
YREKA, Calif. — On Monday, March 25th, Yreka Police was called to Fairchild Medical Center after a 2-month-old came in with a skull fracture and brain injury. Police said investigators soon found the girl’s twin sister also had a brain injury. Both ...
MEDFORD, Ore. — A local organization is collecting donations all to help kids in the Rogue Valley. The Children Advocacy Center of Jackson County is doing a 30-day countdown of giving for its “Do One Thing That Matters” campaign. The ...