They said they were about to do some shopping at Freddie’s. Read how this outing turned tragic – and learn how you can avoid their fate …

There’s no official word about what caused the scuffle, but the result was tragic for one late-night patron …

Some say there’s more to this story than meets the eye; but at least one relative says the kidnapping charge is trumped up …

Find out what caused the fire that left a smoke-filled building …

Her mother says a crosswalk in this sidewalk-less outer East Portland could have prevented the tragedy; officials haven’t yet commented …

See why police think that, around Christmastime, this fellow was busy playing Santa Claus – but in reverse – at outer East Portland stores! They just busted him  …

By all accounts, the man who provoked police into shooting him to death in the Portland Adventist Medical Center parking lot was a very troubled person …

Police say catching a Southeast man with heroin – and a gun – led to finding a trove of weapons stashed all over a Foster-Powell neighborhood house …

Officials aren’t sure who was driving – but the result of this single-vehicle accident was, nevertheless, deadly …

See why golfers jumped out of the way and trail walkers leapt to safety when guy blasted across the greens and walkways …

First responders had to cut the top off a new Lexus to rescue one of the victims in this crash caused, police say, by an inebriated driver …

Even though this fire burned out the residents of their Brentwood-Darlington house, find out why officials say it could have been much, much worse …