William McCall

Ore. lawsuit claims Boy Scouts sex abuse cover-up

PORTLAND, Ore. -- The Boy Scouts of America has long kept an extensive archive of secret documents that chronicle the sexual abuse of young boys by Scout leaders over the years.

Slain BYU student's Ore. mother grateful case over

CORVALLIS, Ore. -- After more than five years of uncertainty, Cammy Wilberger says she is grateful the man arrested in her daughter's abduction finally admitted his guilt and led police to her body.

The mother of 19-year-old Brooke Wilberger spoke briefly Monday at a news conference in Corvallis, where Benton County District Attorney John Haroldson announced that Joel Courtney had pleaded guilty to aggravated murder and would spend life in prison without any possibility of release.

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