Jerry Bruce Mitchell Sr. was sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to the murder of Vonetta Johnson and the attempted murder of her sist

A California man was sentenced to life in prison for fatally shooting his girlfriend and seriously wounding her sister in Corvallis.

Court records show the man will serve at least 30 years in prison before being eligible for release under lifetime post-prison supervision.

Faced with a homeless services system largely built for men, women experiencing domestic abuse may find themselves choosing between violence and the street.

Forcing survivors to litigate their restraining order hearings is a regular reality — and a gaping fault in a system that continues to fail battered women, advocates say.

To break free from the domestic abuse and to protect her children, Rachel experienced homelessness in hopes of something safer on the other side. Skip to main content Skip to main content Register for more free articles. Sign up for our ...

Content warning: This article contains graphic descriptions of domestic ... domestic violence and homelessness. The surveys were conducted at women's shelters in Salem, Oregon, about 25 miles ...

Eventually, she stayed at three different domestic violence shelters in the years to ... The surveys were conducted at women’s shelters in Salem, Oregon, about 25 miles north of Albany and Corvallis, as well as nine other shelters located throughout ...

In 2018 Ruth Monroy, Juan Perla and their children, including a then-infant son, fled their home country of El Salvador to escape gang violence. The decision comes after more than a year of strife and upwards of $200,000 in legal fees on the city's behalf.

Sara Gelser Blouin, a mother of four who represents Corvallis in Salem. “Nobody has part-time constituents.” Being a legislator in Oregon has become a full-time job, with jam-packed “legislative days” in Salem outside sessions to discuss policies ...

Initially considered a suicide, police turned their attention to the boyfriend. “He was becoming a huge problem. We had been trying to get her away from him,” her sister said.

To understand the impact of domestic violence on women’s housing stability, the Lee Enterprises Public Service Journalism Team surveyed 150 women from July through October 2024 across eleven women’s daytime and overnight shelters throughout the Pacific Northwest.