The protest, organized by Rise & Resist, is the latest in a series across the country coordinated by a variety of grassroots ...

Two Oregon legislators urged the FBI to investigate the 1989 killing of prison director Michael Francke in Salem.

Charlotte Thrasher most recently served as superintendent of the Washington Corrections Center for Women in Gig Harbor.

Kevin and Patrick Francke said their brother’s 1989 murder haunts them to this day, and they support a move by two Oregon ...

Two Oregon legislative leaders on Monday urged the new FBI director to open an investigation into the 1989 stabbing death of ...

Oregon lawmakers on Monday asked FBI Director Kash Patel to investigate the 1989 murder of the state’s top prison official.

Top lawmakers of both parties in the Oregon House of Representatives asked the Federal Bureau of Investigation to get to the bottom of the 1989 murder of Michael Francke, the Oregon Department of ...

In a bipartisan effort, Oregon House of Representatives leaders Ben Bowman and Christine Drazen have asked the FBI to open a ...

The 1989 murder of Michael Francke, then the director of the Oregon Department of Corrections, is back in the news.

Francke was stabbed to death outside his office in Salem. Then-Gov. Neil Goldschmidt had hired Francke, a former judge and ...

An Oregon inmate briefly escaped from a work crew in Salem on Friday, according to the Oregon Department of Corrections.

An adult in custody left an offsite work crew on Friday, April 11, from the Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) Central ...