Usually officers of the law come upon motor vehicle accidents after they’ve happened. But it sounds like they saw this one coming …

UPDATE: Fleeing driver arrested! See why officials say it may at first have simply been an accident – becoming a crime when the woman in the battered station wagon tried to drive away …

Even though this pair ‘peeled out’ from the crime scene, find out why cops didn’t need to go far to find the burglars …

Officials aren’t saying much about this accident – which happened right next to a MAX Light Rail station …

Take a look at the fun party enjoyed by students from the Community Transitional School – put on by a lot of volunteers wearing green …

See why firefighters say this is the wrong way to ‘warm up’ a car on a cold winter morning …

It could have been worse. See how firefighters stopped this potentially destructive fire from spreading …

This ‘crosswalk enforcement action’ got Steve Novick’s attention. Also, learn the three reasons East Portland News keeps covering these missions …

Discover how an ordinary day for two outer East Portland police officers turned into a lively adventure, and a real Christmas for one Centennial neighborhood family …

Look at what investigators are – and are not – saying about this odd-but-deadly wreck …

Although very little has been revealed about the murder, here’s what we found out about this unusual homicide …

When a security guard tussled unexpectedly with this big guy, both of them ended up injured, officials say. See what we learned about this incident …

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