Hawthorne Park

  MEDFORD, Ore — The man that set a sleeping person on fire in an alley last fall, has been sentenced to 90 months in prison Wednesday. Medford Police says a man was lit on fire on the 100 block of S …

MEDFORD, Ore. – A Medford attorney says he plans to file a civil lawsuit against the City of Medford after a tent city was removed from Hawthorne Park. “We are more than prepared and we anticipate going to trial in federal court …

MEDFORD, Ore. — The city of Medford is continuing its efforts to clean up Hawthorne Park after it removed dozens of homeless people who were camping on the property on Tuesday. The tent city sprang up within the last week and was …

MEDFORD, Ore. — “People are dying out here because they have no where to go. You know, they get on drugs, alcohol and they use that to survive,” said Yolanda Diad, who was camping in Hawthorne Park. A chaotic scene on Tuesday …

MEDFORD, Ore. — The city of Medford says it’s perfectly legal for it to remove the homeless from Hawthorne Park. Deputy City Attorney Eric Mitton says this was a situation where the entire park was closed to the public, which the city …

MEDFORD, Ore. – A local journalist was arrested as police cleared out an unauthorized homeless camp Tuesday. Over the last week, an unauthorized tent city materialized in Hawthorne Park. A self-proclaimed group calling itself “Hawthorne Mutual Aid” said they organized the camp …

MEDFORD, Ore. – Police broke up what they called an “unauthorized campground” in Medford Tuesday. In the days following the Almeda Fire, a tent city sprang up in Hawthorne Park. A self-proclaimed group of citizens, calling itself “Hawthorne Mutual Aid,” said it …

MEDFORD, Ore. — “It’s hurtful. It’s hurtful out here. It’s hurtful the way people treat mankind like we’re not mankind. Like we don’t matter,” said Christine Marie, who is living at Hawthorne Park. Marie is one of dozens of homeless people who’ve …

MEDFORD, Ore. — Nearly one week after Jackson County officials declared a public crisis over the drug epidemic, they’re joining forces with addiction recovery groups. Officials partnered with Oregon Recovers Friday evening and held a “Walk for Recovery” at Hawthorne Park in …

MEDFORD,  Ore. — “I saw the look on his face and he started to panic… because he just realized ‘oh my god, I just stabbed one of my best friends’… I’m probably going to go to prison,” said Cameron Bursell, a witness. Bursell …