Newport Mayor Dean Sawyer resigned Monday, three days after OPB revealed he has been posting offensive content in a private Facebook group for current and former law enforcement officers.

Since 2016, Newport Mayor Dean Sawyer has posted racist memes mocking both the trans community and Mexicans. He's also made posts that joked about committing violence against women.

Newport Mayor Dean Sawyer apologized and resigned Monday morning after spurring a public uproar and calls to step down for a yearslong series of hateful posts to a private police Facebook group ...

Newport Mayor Dean Sawyer had been sharing the offensive messages since at least 2016 in a private group for current and retired police officers.

Sawyer was a Newport police officer for 30 years before being elected mayor in 2018. "We can't live under a mayor, our highest elected official in our community, who harbors these kinds of belief ...

NEWPORT, Ore. — The mayor of a city on the Oregon coast has apologized and resigned over offensive content he posted in a private Facebook group for current and retired police officers.. Oregon ...

Retiring Ald. Roderick Sawyer chooses Paul Vallas, becoming the first mayoral challenger to pick sides in the April 4 runoff. Chicago mayor’s race: Danny Davis backs Brandon Johnson, Roderick ...

HANCEVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — The City of Hanceville’s Mayor released a statement Monday about the decision to disband the Hanceville Police Department. Mayor Jim Sawyer said that looking ahead ...

Hanceville Mayor Jim Sawyer released a statement today saying that after a scandal forced the closing down of the city’s police department, that the best way to restore trust “was to rebuild ...

HANCEVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — Hanceville Mayor Jimmy Sawyer has fired the remainder of the police department, a letter obtained by News 19 says.