Adan Cortes (center), is joined by his children Alex (right), 19, Adan, 15 and Angelique, 5, as they talk about their family life. He was recently released on $52,000 bond after being detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
By Emma Maple of the Daily Courier
A local landscaper who has been in the United States for 19 years was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Tacoma for three and a half months before a judge allowed him to be released to his family in Central Point on $52,000 bond — a move his lawyer described as “both a huge win and blow.”
Photos by JOEL TAKARSH for the Daily Courier Cascade Christian running back Bryson Walker (2) prepares to deliver a stiff arm to Junction City defensive back Madix Waldrop (13) during the first half of Friday night’s Class 4A quarterfinal at Dutch Meyer Field in Central Point.
By Danny Penza of the Daily Courier
CENTRAL POINT — The only thing that was fraught with peril on Friday the 13th was the Junction City defense trying to slow down the high-powered Cascade Christian offense.
The Challengers made sure of it, too.
Top-seeded Cascade Christian posted its latest blowout victory as the Challengers rolled past ninth-seeded Junction City 49-0 in the quarterfinals of the Class 4A state playoffs at Dutch Meyer Field.
Brad Hicks posted a message on Thursday that appeared to concede he lost his race for a seat representing Oregon Senate District 3 to Denise Krause.
Hicks, a Republican from Medford, said “frustration” with President Trump and national issues found its way onto local ballots across Oregon and the country, but the results of the Nov. 3 election didn’t make the concerns about affordability and schools he heard from voters go away.
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