October 7, 2025

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Sam Broadway with KEPW Newsday for Oct. 7-8, 2025

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This is KEPW-LP 97.3 FM 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 seventh and Wednesday the eighth of October, 2025. On this edition of KEPW Newsday:

  • A nine-year-old dies in a Cape Arago Highway stabbing, and a suspect is arrested for murder.
  • Fire crews battle an early morning blaze at the Hauser fire station.
  • Also fire crews respond and contain a fire at a Eugene restaurant.
  • A Beaverton man stabbed his girlfriend in a violent assault.
  • A prominent conservative influencer is arrested outside the Portland ICE facility.
  • A Eugene shoplifting suspect is caught after fleeing into traffic.

In national news:

  • Gunmen killed two and injured 12 in a shootout in a crowd in Alabama’s capital city
    downtown.
  • Former USC quarterback Mark Sanchez is now facing felony charges for an altercation in Indianapolis.
  • A father is battling leukemia and being detained by ICE and he can’t get his correct medication.
  • A body is found inside the landing gear of an American Airlines flight.
  • A teenager in a MAGA hat shot himself in the leg during a fake kidnapping.
  • And no driver? No clue! A Waymo driverless car is stopped by police during a DUI operation.

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

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