Sam Broadway with KEPW Newsday for Oct. 1-2, 2024

This is KEPW 97.3 FM LP broadcasting locally here in Eugene, Oregon and simulcast online at KEPW.org.

And now the news.

This is KEPW Newsday, top-of-the-week edition for the 1st of October and the 2nd of October, 2024. On this edition of KEPW Newsday:

• An arrest has been made in the Fern Ridge Trail rape that happened by Amazon Creek.
• Also, a man is arrested after a fight over a firearm.
• Also, a man is arrested for manslaughter after a fatal crash.
• Five are arrested in a multistate stolen car ring in Clark County.
• A missing teen is rescued with the help of the Metro drone team.
• Corvallis Fire responds to a fully-involved rural house fire.
• We have an operational update to share with you this afternoon.
• We also have a structure fire that turns three alarms for manpower and water supply, as well as:
• Oregon State Police investigating an officer-involved shooting in Umatilla County.

In national news:

• Seizure of fake pills in Connecticut was the one of the largest busts ever in New England.
• A man is charged with allegedly assaulting a mail carrier delivering ‘Harris for President’ mailers, and
• A babysitter saves the kids and a family dog from a house fire and is honored as a hero.

We’ll have all of that and more. Bringing you the news locally and around the globe, KEPW Newsday starts… right now.

And welcome to yet another busy edition of KEPW Newsday. I’m your host Sam Broadway and as you hear we have a lot to cover. And before we get to all that, I want to say: I’m back…