A jury trial for Pamela J. Schield, 61, of Medford has been set for March 28, 2022. Schield waived her preliminary hearing Monday morning to charges related to alleged sexual contact with a then-17-year-old student who was enrolled in the Medford Area Public School District’s Alternative High School program. The contact is alleged to have occurred in April and May 2017. At the time, the defendant,

On April 27 the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) extended its REAL ID full enforcement by 19 months due to circumstances resulting from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, moving the date from October 1, 2021 to May 3, 2023. Many driver’s licensing agencies across the nation are operating at a limited capacity. As a result, only 43 percent of all state-issued driver’s licenses and identifi

Who should be responsible for cleaning up after private utility contractors who do work in the city? That was the question from Alderman Mike Bub at Tuesday’s city council meeting. Bub relayed his experience this spring with a contractor for Charter driving a tracked machine across his yard early this spring to connect a service from the pole in the rear of his property and leaving deep ruts.

Taylor County Law Enforcement April 19 — Truancies, Medford High School at 11:14 a.m. April 20 — Citizen assist, 177 S. Eighth St. at 1:02 a.m.; OWI, Del Rea Court and North Seventh Street at 1:37 a.m.; accident, South Main Street and East Broadway Avenue at 7:36 a.m.; identity theft, 331 E. Allman St. at 11:15 a.m.; request for officer, 648 E. Broadway Ave. at 12:29 p.m.; vehicle inspection,