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Brooke Wilberger`s Mom to Thank Community, Discuss Family`s Faith

Though Brooke Wilberger remains missing, authorities last year arrested Joel Patrick Courtney, a New Mexico man who grew up in Oregon, and subsequently charged him with Wilberger`s murder.

(CORVALLIS) - Next month will mark the second anniversary of the abduction of 19-year-old Brooke Wilberger and the beginning of a case that gripped the nation.

Wilberger has not been seen since May 24, 2004, when she vanished from a Corvallis apartment complex. Her disappearance set off a massive search that involved thousands of volunteers, many of them from OSU, as well as law enforcement authorities.

Circle K Robbery Suspects Captured

(CORVALLIS) - Two suspects suspected of robbing a Circle K store in Corvallis were caught by Benton County Sheriff's deputies shortly after 3:30 AM Sunday.

A Circle K employee in Corvallis told police that one of the three suspects who entered the store at NW 9th St. and NW Grant Ave, put his hand underneath his jacket and told the employee to give him all of the money or he would be shot.

Corvallis Police Officers were dispatched to the Circle K robbery at 3:29 AM Sunday, after the suspects entered the store and confronted the employee.

One of the suspects was later identified as Shawn Oard of Albany. Police say the second suspect, identified as Ismael Nelson, stood beside Oard at the counter...

Corvallis Police Investigate Bank Robbery

(CORVALLIS) - Corvallis Police are investigating a bank robbery that happened early Monday afternoon at the Umpqua Bank at 415 NW 3rd Street. Corvallis Police Lieutenant Ron Noble says that around 12:45 PM Monday, a man entered the bank and handed a teller a note demanding money.

Tellers say the man appeared to be in his 50's. He was described as 5'11" tall, 200 pounds, with gray hair, wearing a navy blue jacket over a white shirt, blue baseball cap, and carrying a black briefcase

OSU Cheerleaders Grounded

New cheerleading tryouts will be announced in the coming weeks.

(CORVALLIS) - In an effort to protect the health of students involved the increasingly high-risk sport of cheerleading, Oregon State University is changing its program to eliminate use of dangerous "stunts" and refocus the program's attention on cheering.

OSU is not eliminating the program, athletic department officials emphasized. The university is, however, moving away from dangerous routines that have helped make cheerleading the second-most "catastrophic injury"-prone collegiate athletics activity behind only football, according to the NCAA.

"We've made the decision to move away from risky acrobatics and refocus the program squarely on cheering," said OSU Associate Athletics Director Marianne Vydra. "We simply cannot appropriately supervise and facilitate these activities. The decision is really in the best interest of the student cheerleaders, who still have options to pursue competitive cheerleading and stunts as a student group."

Governor Speaks to Student Organization; Calls for More Post-Secondary Ed Funding

(CORVALLIS) - Governor Ted Kulongoski today met with students from Oregon State University`s Associated Student organization and discussed the need for continued investment in post-secondary education. He also discussed a letter he sent to the student group last week, in which he said that he supported several of their initiatives, including child care for students, help with financial aid and college applications and their opposition to a high aid-high tuition model of financing education.

`It is essential that we continue to invest in Oregon`s college students. Without the GI bill, I would not have been able to accomplish what I have done – we need to give the next generation the same opportunity,` said Governor Kulongoski.

OSU and WOU Receive $2.6 Million in FEMA Earthquake Safety Grants

Funding will be used to protect two buildings from catastrophic earthquake damage

(Corvallis, Oregon) - A $2.6 million grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, will make two public campuses - Oregon State University and Western Oregon University - safer for students and community members.

OSU Extension, Oregon Food Bank Launch Food Resource Web Site

The main feature of the Web site is a searchable database of non-emergency food resources throughout Oregon, along with many links to other food resource Web sites

(CORVALLIS) - Wherever you live in Oregon - be it in a larger city or smaller town - finding up-to-date information about local food resources will be a lot easier with the introduction of Food for Oregon, an online database just launched by the Oregon State University Extension Service in cooperation with Oregon Food Bank.

Food for Oregon fulfills a recommendation to develop a database to "provide information and to help coordinate community food security efforts across the state," that is part of the Oregon Hunger Relief Task Force's Act to End Hunger.

"The Food for Oregon database will include a broad range of locally available food outlets, including community gardens, farmers' markets, community kitchens and gleaning organizations, faith-based food providers, and other local food producers and processors," said Sally Bowman, OSU Extension family and community development specialist.

OSU Study: Global Warming Poses Risks to Pacific Northwest Snowpack, Ski Resorts

(CORVALLIS) - Global warming in coming decades may cause the disappearance of large areas of the low-elevation snowpack in the Cascade Range of the Pacific Northwest, a new study concludes, with significant impacts on area ski resorts that will face warm winters far more often than they do now.

Meth Lab, Marijuana Grow Operation Seized From Corvallis Home

Indicators found at the scene suggest the lab was operative within the past few months.

(CORVALLIS) - Corvallis Police arrested a Corvallis man after a burglary investigation led officers to believe the victim was growing marijuana inside his home.

Lt. Ron Noble says officers went to investigate a residential burglary complaint at 655 SE Bell Ave on Sunday.

During the burglary investigation officers say they developed probable cause to believe the victim in the burglary, 39-year-old Philip Ormsby, was growing marijuana inside his home.

Ormsby disclosed to the officers he was growing marijuana for medicinal purposes, but did not currently possess a medical marijuana card. Officers then found a former lab...

Police Recover Cash and Property Stolen From the Salem-Keizer School District During Drug Bust

(Corvallis) - Corvallis Police Detectives have arrested six men who they say had been actively selling several ounces of marijuana per day through the Corvallis area.

Lt. Ron Noble says on Feb. 21st, detectives arrested Lance Bronson, Max Broek, Luke Martin, Amar Wanly, Nathan Price and Akram Abdelli on various charges which stemmed from a delivery of marijuana investigation.