Get your business license online

Submitted by KATU Communitie... on Mon, 2010-02-08 16:28

Oregon City has added business licensing to its online services. Now you may apply, renew, and pay directly from their website.

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American Red Cross
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Temp-A-Cure
If it's air...It's us!
Weatherford's Grand Lodge
Fine Cuisine - Wine - Cocktails
Steph's Bookkeeping Service
Your Expert Bookkeeping Service for the Willamette Valley & Portland Metro Area
Luminary Esthetics Skin Care
Personal and Professional Skin Care by Erin Bledy
Natural Health Works Pc
Providing Quality Care and Service Using Natural Therapies.
Forte Floral
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Did you know you can rent the trolley?

Submitted by KATU Communitie... on Fri, 2010-02-05 14:06

That's right - the Oregon City Trolley is available for private rental throughout the year for up to 40 passengers. There are three trolleys -- Helen, Josephine, and the newest addition, Marguerite. The trolleys are named after people in Oregon City History.

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Will Beagley verdict change church behavior?

Submitted by Dan Tilkin on Thu, 2010-02-04 12:01

OREGON CITY, Ore. - A juror in the faith-healing trial of Jeff and Marci Beagley who spoke to reporters after the verdict said he hoped their guilty verdict will encourage other faith-healers to take their children to doctors. But whether that will happen is unclear.

“Hopefully, it won’t happen again. Hopefully, nobody has to be put in this position again,” said juror Bob Zegar. “We hope they get a lenient sentence because they’re not evil; they just made a wrong decision.”

KATU News and law enforcement officials have documented dozens of children through the years who have died as members of the Followers of Christ church, but only the Beagleys and their son-in-law Carl Worthington have been convicted for not getting their children medical treatment.

Worthington was sentenced for 60 days in jail for the death of his 15-month-old daughter Ava.

Some church members who spoke to a KATU News reporter, unlike the juror, said they fear that if the judge gives the Beagleys a light sentence for the death of their 16-year-old son Neil, it will not be enough to make other church members change their ways.

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Counterfeit $10 bills surfacing at local merchants

Submitted by Kerry Tomlinson on Wed, 2010-02-03 16:08

OREGON CITY, Ore. - You may want to check your wallet. Police have found fake $10 bills being passed in Oregon City.

One of KATU's producers was tipped off to the circulation when she received a phony $10 bill as change at a local grocery store. Her next stop after the discovery? The Secret Service.

People at Pioneer Pizza in Oregon City say the fake $10 bills came through there last month. The manager said a man and woman playing lottery - captured in surveillance video - tried to pass three bad bills.

However, the manager figured it out - with her fingertips.

"It felt kind of like wet paper, like a wet paper towel," said Monica Castillo at Pioneer Pizza. "Just touching it, just holding on to it, didn't feel right."

So Castillo said she handed the bills back.

But what if you, unlike Monica who handles money all day, don't have the touch to find fake bills? The Secret Service tells us the easiest way for you to tell is to compare it to other bills you have, and look for the differences.

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'I don't consider them a church'

Submitted by Adam Ghassemi on Wed, 2010-02-03 11:31

OREGON CITY, Ore. - Members of the Followers of Christ Church may not be talking publicly about the guilty verdict handed down on Tuesday but a former member is.

Myrna Cunningham hopes the message that came from the jury speaks loudly to those who remain devoted to the church and its teachings.

Jeff and Marci Beagley, members of the Followers of Christ Church, were found guilty of criminally negligent homicide for praying over their ill son instead of seeking medical help.

The couple, who remain free on bail, is scheduled for sentencing on Feb. 18. Because neither has a prior conviction, state sentencing guidelines call for 16 to 18 months in prison.

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Faith-healing trial verdict is in

Submitted by KATU.com Staff on Tue, 2010-02-02 14:18

OREGON CITY, Ore. – The jury has reached a verdict on the Oregon City trial of two parents, charged with criminally negligent homicide, whose 16-year-old boy died in 2008.

Testimony had wrapped up Thursday, Jan. 28, in the trial, with Marci Beagley crying on the witness stand and telling a prosecutor she never believed her son Neil would die from what appeared to be a cold or the flu.

At 3 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 2, the jury announced its findings:

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7 injured when truck rear-ends TriMet bus

Submitted by KATU.com Staff on Mon, 2010-02-01 17:09

OREGON CITY, Ore. - A truck rear-ended a TriMet bus Monday afternoon, leaving seven people with minor injuries.

The crash happened around 4 p.m. at Linn Avenue and Hazel Street.

According to police, three children under the ages of 12 who were in the truck were taken to the hospital as a precaution after lurching forward during the collision and hitting their heads on the dash. They were wearing lap belts. An adult male who was driving the truck was not injured. 

Additionally, four people on the TriMet bus reported minor injuries and were transported to the hospital. There were around 40 people on board at the time.

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Jury deliberations resume in faith-healing trial

Submitted by Associated Press on Mon, 2010-02-01 13:55

OREGON CITY, Ore. (AP) - A jury has resumed deliberations in the faith healing trial of an Oregon City couple charged with criminally negligent homicide in the death of their 16-year-old son.

The two-week trial of Jeff and Marci Beagley ended Friday with closing arguments.

Prosecutors say the Beagleys failed to provide medical care to their son Neil when it could have saved his life. The Beagleys are members of the Followers of Christ Church, which avoids doctors.

Defense attorneys argue the teenager's symptoms looked like a bad cold or the flu, and his parents were monitoring him.

In a previous case, the Beagleys' daughter and son-in-law were acquitted of manslaughter in the death of their 15-month-old daughter from pneumonia that doctors said could have been treated.
      
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Oregon City schools hold help workshop

Submitted by Margy Lynch on Sat, 2010-01-30 20:00

Educators say they're seeing financial stresses at home taking a toll on the kids in their classrooms.

That's why Oregon City School District officials say they hope to combat the problem after giving parents tools at its day-long workshop held Saturday.

Watch the video above for the full story.

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Beagleys’ fate in the hands of the jury

Submitted by Steve Benham on Fri, 2010-01-29 17:50

The jury in the faith-healing trail of Jeff and Marci Beagley, who are accused of criminal negligence for the death of their 16-year-old son, Neil, will now decide if the Beagleys are responsible for the boy’s death after attorneys for both sides made their closing arguments Friday.

The jury now is tasked to decide if the parents, who are members of the Followers of Christ Church which shuns medical care, acted reasonably when faced with their son’s symptoms.

If the jury believes the Beagleys had no idea Neil was at risk of death, because the symptoms looked like no more than the flu, then they will return a verdict of “not guilty”.

But if they find a reasonable person would have taken him to the doctor because he had a pattern of illness, and a dramatic downturn, then they will return a verdict of “guilty” of criminally negligent homicide.

The Beagleys face a maximum of ten years behind bars if they are found guilty.

The backdrop of the trial is that the Beagleys never took their kids to the doctor because of their belief in faith healing.

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