In what one called a community effort, three civilians and three police officers lifted a car off a man April 27, pulled him to safety and gave him CPR that turned his bluish-purplish face back to pink. Mike Heverly, 53, was airlifted to Portland and spent six days at Oregon Health & Science University.
The other day Steve Gifford was watching an old barn get torn down across the road from him on East 18th Street, and he saw an old, musty photo album on the ground, ready to be scooped up by the backhoe. He rescued the album and passed it off to the Chronicle.
When two masked people held up a gas station here in October, video of the incident contained a critical piece of evidence – and it was an eagle-eyed city officer who caught the clue.
After nearly being hit head-on Wednesday afternoon, an off-duty firefighter followed a driver for about 12 blocks around downtown, watching her hit one parked vehicle before boxing her in and taking her keys from her.
Four city police officers came home last Saturday emotionally drained after attending funerals of killed Dallas police officers, only to wake up Sunday morning to news that three more officers were killed in Louisiana.
The Dalles Police Department arrested an 18-year-old man Tuesday afternoon in connection with the fire that destroyed a spiral slide just over a week ago at Tree Top Play Park. Aaron Ray Haberman, of 210 W. 10th St., was arrested at his home without incident and is accused of second-degree arson, first-degree criminal mischief and reckless burning, said The Dalles Police Capt. Steve Baska.