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Former President Trump said he has waived executive privilege to allow Steve Bannon to testify before the committee on Jan. 6, according to a letter he sent his former adviser on Saturday. What’s new: The Justice Department said Trump’s lawyer, Justin Clark, told the FBI in a June 29 interview “that the former president never invoked executive privilege over any particular information or material ” related to Bannon, per a motion filed in DC District Court early Monday and obtained by the Guardian’s Hugo Lowell. Why it matters: Last November, a federal grand jury indicted Bannon on two counts of…

Improving one of the region’s “deadliest highways” also involves driver education, police enforcement The driver of this Honda SUV was killed in a head-on collision on Highway 199. An open house is scheduled for Tuesday to present ideas to help make the highway safer. [Photo from OSP] Illinois Valley residents and others can weigh in Tuesday on plans to improve Redwood Highway. A final open house for the Highway 199 Corridor Plan is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 26 at the Boys and Girl Club, 24353 Redwood Highway, Kerby. The public will have the opportunity to examine potential improvements,…

Four men have been arrested and charged with federal drug trafficking charges after two and a half tons of methamphetamine was seized from a box truck that had just crossed the U.S.-Mexico border. The incident occurred on Thursday, July 7 in National City, California at approximately 4:55 p.m., when the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California said a 20-foot commercial truck crossed the United States through the Otay Bureau. Commercial port of entry. “Law enforcement observed the box truck as it was traveling at Hoover and 30th Street in National City,” the US Attorney’s Office for the…

NORTH HUNTINGDON TOWNSHIP, Pa. – Six tense hours ended peacefully in North Huntingdon. It started at a home on Ivanhoe Drive at 1 p.m Police were called to conduct a welfare check, but retreated and called for backup when they heard gunshots. The streets around the house were closed and neighbors were locked out, including a hair salon across the street. Jacqueline Ricker was finishing up a hair appointment. “I was standing there in the beauty shop getting my hair done, and the next thing we know, the police were at the door telling us to come to the back,”…

published July 10|Updated July 11 St. PETERSBURG — Children crying and screaming for help in the backseat of a 2016 Honda in St. Petersburg Saturday morning led to the arrest of the driver, Annie Gay Shockley, on charges of driving under the influence. Shockley, 39, who lives in Clearwater, was arrested at 12th Avenue S and 16th Street in St. Petersburg and booked into the Pinellas County Jail on $20,900 bond. Shockley told police they were going fishing, but it was assumed she was only driving for business because she was convicted five months ago of driving under the influence,…

News from 100 years ago The following news items were taken from the Mail Tribune archives 100 years ago July 29, 1922 MAIL STAND PACKED WITH DOG OFFERS Every cloud has its silver lining, and every loss has, we suppose, its gain. In any case, The Mail Tribune, which stole $30 worth of Linotype space bands yesterday, has had more than $30 worth of fun. It seems like just about everyone in Jackson County has a dog they want to get rid of, and that of course qualifies as a guard dog. A subscriber called this morning and said he…

Sarah Lemon / Mail Tribune House-made meatless burgers are available at Medford’s Bricktowne Brewing Company. Sarah Lemon / Mail Tribune A small house salad is a side dish choice with Bricktowne’s burgers and sandwiches, including pulled pork (pictured). Sarah Lemon / Mail Tribune House-made sweet potato fries are a side dish option with Bricktowne’s burgers and sandwiches, including the “dirty bird” (pictured). Sarah Lemon / Mail Tribune A half-pint of Bricktowne Brown Ale complements an appetizer of pretzel “bites.” Sarah Lemon / Mail Tribune House-made cheese sauce accents an appetizer of pretzel “bites” at Bricktowne Brewing Company in Medford. Sarah…