Sam Broadway with KEPW Newsday for April 17-18, 2025
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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 End of Week Edition for Thursday the 17th and Friday the 18th of April, 2025. On this edition of KEPW Newsday:
- The SERT team was activated in northwest Portland after a standoff with a suspect was found and he was taken into custody.
- Two people are arrested for selling crack cookies near Battle Ground.
- A man is sentenced to prison for assault and sex abuse in a Polk County jail attack.
- No evidence of a data breach, is the word from the DEQ in a cyberattack, the agency says.
- Linn County deputies arrest a reckless driver for multiple crimes.
In national news:
- A shooting is reported at a Dallas high school and officials say campus was secured.
- A homeless man wins $1 million off of a scratch off ticket. I’m not homeless anymore, he said.
- And a mystery object falls from the sky in New Jersey, causing damage to an auto shop.
We’re going to have all of that plus our national roundup, 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’ve got quite a bit to cover today and we’re going to try and get to it all. But before we check in with all our top stories, we will have to check in with our ever-changing weather, which is now transitioned into loveliness for the most part, though there again will be some speed bumps along the way. So let’s take a look, shall we?…
Featured music: Twisted Sister, We’re not going to take it.
