Sam Broadway with KEPW Newsday for May 5-6, 2026

This is KEPW-LP 97.3 FM, broadcasting locally here in Eugene, Oregon, and simulcast online at kepw.org. And now, the news. (Newsday theme)

This is KEPW Newsday Top-of-the-Week Edition for Tuesday the fifth and Wednesday the sixth of May, 2026. On this edition of KEPW Newsday:

• An adult in custody is awaiting trial after he assaults a deputy.
• Eight are charged with trafficking narcotics across the United States from Mexico.
• A person believed to be a former employee dies after plowing their car full of explosives into the Mack Athletic Club.
• A Cheshire woman is arrested after a knife assault on a 62-year-old man.
• A man is detained after drinking an unknown liquid during an arrest warrant.
• A stabbing at a Tacoma, Washington high school injures six, including the suspect.

In national news:

• A man is shot by law enforcement near the Washington Monument, says the Secret Service.
• Police are searching for suspects in an Oklahoma shooting that sent at least 18 people to hospitals.
• A suspect in an hours-long Beverly Hills standoff reportedly is wanted for attempted murder of an L.A. sheriff deputy.
• Two are injured after suspects opened fire at a Granada Hills apartment complex.
• A student with a loaded firearm is arrested after fleeing an Orange County high school.
• A man shares a potentially life-saving driving tip after his friend dies in a tragic car accident.

We will have all of this plus our national roundup. Bringing you the news locally and around the globe, KEPW Newsday starts… right now!

And welcome to yet another busy edition—Top-of-the-Week edition, that is—of KEPW Newsday. And a happy Cinco de Mayo to everybody this Tuesday.

I’m your host Sam Broadway. And as you hear, we have quite a bit to cover, and we will get to as much of it as we possibly can. But before we do, it’s once again time to check in on our weather, which is in full spring mode. Let’s take a look, shall we?