Sam Broadway with KEPW Newsday for Dec. 17-18, 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 Tuesday the 17th, and Wednesday the 18th of December, 2024. On this edition of KEPW Newsday:

• A suspect is arrested after a late-night shooting in Eugene.
• Seven people are arrested and $3,000 worth of stolen items are recovered during a Woodburn retail theft mission.
• A Portland DJ is hospitalized after being stabbed by a stripper.
• Residents are evacuated from an apartment fire in Aloha.
• Group homes for adults with high support needs are going to lose their funds in the new proposed Oregon budget.
• Deputies arrest a Cottage Grove man after assault and a dog bite.
• A drug firearm arrest happened in Douglas County, and
• Lane County Youth Services are hosting a free community holiday meal on Wednesday the 18th.

In national news:

• A shooting at a Christian school in Madison, Wisconsin, leaves multiple injured. We’ll have the details, and so will our national roundup with Pacifica, the Public News Service.
• Fort Eisenhower in Georgia gives all clear after a shooting on base kills one and forced a lockdown there.
• A Florida woman is charged for threatening her health insurance company, saying: ‘Delay, deny, and depose.’
• And Vancouver police are searching for a woman accused of stealing Grinch decor from a store.
• A man can’t find his winning lottery ticket, so he’s suing the California Lottery for $394 million.
• Firefighters rescue Santa, rappelling down a building at a holiday event.
• And a miracle! A North Carolina couple is free of nearly $100,000 medical debt after 15 years.

We will have all of that, plus our national roundup. Bringing you the news locally and around the globe, KEPW Newsday starts…right now!

Featured music:  Zombie Claus from Psychostick.