The Lincoln City Police Dispatch Daily Desk Log is a public record of police calls. Homepage will run the log every Friday. All suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
In 1998, NLFR calls numbered 1,154, but rose to more than 2,000 by 2012, a 54 percent increase. The call volume steadily increased from 2,153 alarms in 2016 to 2,371 alarms in 2017, a 10 percent increase.
The first baby of the new year born at Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital waited a day to meet his fisherman father, who was at sea for the start of the commercial crab season — but the new mother had plenty of family support to help her through.
Pizza Crash - 4:24 p.m. - Papa Murphy's, 2401 NW Highway 101 - Vehicle crashed into Papa Murphy's window. Driver cleared by medics. Vehicle towed at driver's request. Driver cited for failure to carry and present, no proof of insurance and operation of an unsafe vehicle.
Son of retired longtime Taft High teachers Jack and Kristin Wilkinson, the 27-year-old “Johnny Wilk,” as he is best known by his friends, was born in Lincoln City on Sept. 25, 1991, and lived here his entire life until he left to spend four years in the Navy.
Two F-15c Eagle fighter jets from the 142nd Fighter Wing based out of Portland conducted visual flight rules maneuvers above Lincoln City at approximately 2 p.m. Wednesday.
