Josephine County Sheriff Dave Daniel has temporarily agreed to handle the county’s emergency management department after the acting manager abruptly resigned.

The county on Monday announced the resignation, “effective immediately,” of Jason Allemand, who had been in charge of the department on an interim basis while Emergency Management Director Michael Sellers is on paid leave as the result of an investigation by the Oregon Department of Justice.

Illinois Valley shut out Rogue River in the first game and the Cougars exploded for 22 runs in the nightcap to sweep a non-league baseball doubleheader from the Chieftains on Monday in Cave Junction.

Junior Mason Richardson pitched into the fifth inning of the opener and senior Braedan Lapora closed the door over the final two-plus innings for the shutout.

Rogue River (2-2) managed just two hits against the IV duo. Richardson struck out seven and Lapora fanned four.

O’Brien couple who eluded cops, arrested

Josephine County sheriff’s deputies said they tracked down and arrested a man from O’Brien who eluded them twice near the California border earlier this month.

The suspect, identified by deputies as James Darron Patterson, 39, was captured Friday, along with his girlfriend, Breanna Vineyard, 29, at an unspecified location in the county.

The Crater High School theater arts department has been selected to showcase a main stage performance of its 2025 fall production, “The Addams Family Musical,” at the Oregon Thespians State Festival, which is being hled April 9-11 at the historic Elsinore Theatre in Salem.