Crime

The parents of a 20-month-old boy who died last year at a Prineville daycare are speaking publicly for the first time following a grand jury indictment in the case.

A Crook County woman has been indicted on charges including manslaughter following the September 2025 death of a toddler at an unlicensed day care, which she's accused of operating.

A traffic stop on U.S. Highway 26 near Madras led to a drug-detection K-9's alert, a search and the arrest of two men from Redmond and Prineville on drug charges, authorities said.

Officers with the Prineville Police Department responded Sunday evening to a reported domestic dispute that left one person seriously injured.

Prineville Police say officers arrested seven drivers for DUII during the Presidents’ Day weekend, highlighting what the department described as a series of preventable risks on local roads.

The Oregon Supreme Court’s recent right-to-counsel decision has resulted in the dismissal of nearly 1,500 criminal cases statewide, but no such dismissals have been reported in Crook County.

The Prineville Police Department announced Sunday that a suspect has been arrested in connection with the early-morning vehicle pursuit that occurred Jan. 31st in southeast Prineville.

A Crook County man has been sentenced to the statutory maximum prison term after a jury convicted him of sexually abusing a child.

A months-long investigation into suspected financial exploitation at Regency Prineville Rehabilitation & Nursing Center (Regency Prineville) led to the arrest of a former employee on Thursday, according to a statement released by the Prineville Police Department.

A Prineville man was arrested Sunday after allegedly leading officers on a high-speed pursuit that began in Prineville and stretched across multiple counties before ending in Harney County, according to a press release from the Prineville Police Department.