HYPER-LOCAL NEWS for Springfield, Creswell, Cottage Grove, & Pleasant Hill, Oregon
SPRINGFIELD – The Mill Street Reconstruction Project, an endeavor to address the street’s cracked and bumpy asphalt from South A. St. to Centennial Blvd., is on pace to be completed by next spring. Lisa Hingley lives on Mill St. in the construction zone with her two children, 19 and 13.[Read More…]
COTTAGE GROVE – Despite being over an hour inland, the tides are turning in Cottage Grove; for the Lions softball team — of course. Cottage Grove hosted Sweet Home last Tuesday in its final non-league game of the season, winning 9-2 and moving to 7-2 on the season – the[Read More…]
PLEASANT HILL — Gayle Oram of Pleasant Hill is one of five traditional artists in Oregon to receive a Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program (TAAP) award. The stipend supports the artists in teaching traditional art forms to apprentices from their same cultural communities, Tribes, sacred, or occupational groups. Oram’s Norwegian Rosemåling[Read More…]
City Council Rep. Conrad’s Report House district 12 representative Charlie Conrad spoke at the April 8 council meeting about his experiences in the most recent legislative session, providing insight into many measures and one monetary request which he has been fighting for. The two bills Conrad submitted were HB 4043[Read More…]
58th/Main, OR 126 getting overhaul Intersection improvements at 54th and Main streets ODOT crews are adding dedicated turning lanes, signals, and lighting, as well as installing ADA compliant sidewalks, curbs, and pedestrian crossings. Expect construction noise and delays throughout the day and night. There will also be shoulder and lane[Read More…]
Creswell man convicted of attempted murder CRESWELL – A Lane County Sheriff’s deputy assigned to Creswell responded to a dispute on the evening of April 25, 2022 in the 700-block of North Mill Street, and upon arrival found a male subject “covered in a tarp with a cord tied tightly around[Read More…]
Quarterback Bo Nix’s check to benefit PeaceHealth’s young patients ■ Former UO quarterback Bo Nix recently presented a check for $13,400 to the PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center Foundation from Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals and 7-Eleven, that will give patients the care they need. Nix teamed up with 7-Eleven, in[Read More…]
ALL-STATE BASKETBALL BOYS BASKETBALL Class 5A, 2nd team, Nate Stiffler, Jr., Thurston; Class 3A, 1st team, Gavin Inglish, Jr., Pleasant Hill. GIRLS BASKETBALL Class 5A, 1st team, Danaeja Romero Ah-Sam, Sr., Springfield; 2nd team, Diamond Wright, Jr., Springfield, Honorable Mention, Darissa Romero Ah-Sam, Soph., Springfield; Class 4A, Honorable Mention, Jaylee[Read More…]
Dennis (Denny) Eugene Ellis went to heaven on Dec. 27, 2023, at 79 years of age, surrounded by his family. He had a very strong love for the Lord and his family. Denny was born in Emmett, Idaho on Jan. 14,1944 to Erwin and Marie Ellis, joining his older brother,[Read More…]
SPRINGFIELD POLICE DEPARTMENT MONDAY, APRIL 1 (67 total calls) Top calls: Traffic stop (9), Theft (5), Disorderly subject (5) 7:34 am: Hit & run, Franklin Blvd./S. Brooklyn St., Eugene 11:05 am: Theft, 2306 Lomond Ave. 11:31 am: ID theft, 844 Miller St. 12:27 pm: Animal cruelty, 3000 Gateway St. 1:51[Read More…]
