Portland Man Charged With Hate Crime After Punching Asian American at Train Station
A man in Portland, Oregon has been charged with a hate crime after allegedly punching an Asian American commuter earlier this month.
The incident, which was only announced last week, occurred while the victim was waiting at the train stop near North Interstate Avenue and North Lombard Street on Dec. 15.
Daniel Hutchens. Image via Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office
Daniel Hutchens, 38, allegedly approached the victim and asked,
“Are you Chinese?”
The victim reportedly removed the headphones he was wearing to hear Hutchens, but the latter punched him in the face before he could respond.
95 years ago
December 31, 1925
Schools throughout the county and Crook county high school will reopen again on Monday after the Christmas vacation. The grade schools opened Monday. The epidemic of scarlet fever and smallpox seems to have passed. No new cases have been reported of either disease and nearly all those previously reported have been released from quarantine.
75 years ago
January 3, 1945
Warm rains which melted snow in the hills sent McKay creek on a rampage last weekend, cutting the city of Prineville Railway and the Prineville-Madras highways near Pine Products mill. The creek reached the flood stage last Friday after three days of rain, breaking into an old channel and clogging culverts on the highways and railroad with debris.
December 29 2020
January-February; the year begins with news of the pandemic
2020 was a year like no other, featuring news events that few if any could have ever predicted when we all popped open champaign bottles and sang a few bars of Auld Lang Syne. By late December, people watching the news had heard about a new novel coronavirus that was spreading in China, but there was little worry about the illness making landfall in the U.S.
However, as the winter progressed, more and more countries in the Eastern Hemisphere faced outbreaks and news grew about how contagious and deadly the virus could be. Then, in late February, cases began to emerge in Oregon, and as the calendar flipped to March, the impact of the illness, COVID-19, escalated quickly.
Wyoming news briefs thesheridanpress.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thesheridanpress.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Human remains near county border identified
Remains identified as 39-year-old Redmond woman were discovered Dec. 8 near Highway 126
Human remains found near the Prineville/Deschutes County border earlier this month have been identified as a 39-year-old Redmond woman.
According to a Crook County Sheriff s Office media release Friday, the remains have been identified as Ann Jeanetta Penton. Authorities reported that she was known to reside in a transient camp a couple miles from where her body was located. She had been deceased for some time and her identification was made from her fingerprints and known tattoos.
Penton s remains were discovered on BLM land near Highway 126 on Dec. 8. After Crook County deputies responded to the scene, an investigation was launched with assistance from the Major Incident Team, Crook County District Attorney s Office and the Oregon State Police Crime Lab.