2 U.S. flags honoring World War II veterans stolen from Bend installation, recovered
Bend Heroes Foundation chairman says 6 flags have been taken from installation over the years
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) There were dozens of World War II veterans flags installed at the Veterans Memorial Bridge and on Wall Street on the morning of the Fourth of July, to honor the Greatest Generation. It didn t take long for the number to change, as two flags apparently were stolen, but later recovered.
Joseph Sharpe, a 95-year-old World War II veteran, said Monday a stranger reached out to him by phone, telling him he found Sharpe s embroidered flag at Harmon Park.
Bend PD reports less Fourth of July fireworks use amid ban
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Bend Jeld-Wen worker arrested, accused of assaulting co-worker with hammer blows
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Police seek witnesses to juvenile altercation, assault in NW Bend
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Contact between two groups of Deschutes River floaters led to a confrontation and fight Sunday evening among juveniles on a street in northwest Bend, injuring one person, police said Monday, as they asked to hear from any witnesses to the altercation and assault.
Police were dispatched around 5:20 p.m. to the 500 block of Northwest Riverside Boulevard, where witnesses reported seeing a fight between a group of juveniles in front of homes in the area, Lieutenant Clint Burleigh said.
The contact among the two groups began while floating on the river, Burleigh said, adding that “the group of suspects followed the victims in an attempt to engage in conversation after exiting the river at Drake Park, near the Galveston Bridge.”