Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
SPRINGFIELD — People are taught all kinds of safety rules when they’re young: rules like looking both ways before crossing the road, wearing a life jacket around water, and not sticking things in electrical outlets. Last week, 58 pupils graduated from Safety Town, a two-week…
SPRINGFIELD — Springfield City Council on July 1 voted to split its Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) money between two different programs in the community: the Early Child Care Business Accelerator Program at Lane Community College (LCC) and the Plaza de Nuestra Comunidad Wellness Center…
CRESWELL – The National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association (NIAAA) will present Creswell High School athletic director Brandon Standridge with the Quality Program Recognition award during a ceremony Dec. 15 in Austin, Texas. The NIAAA’s initiation of its Quality Program Assessment identified Creswell High School’s athletic…
EUGENE – Ole Athletics, the new A-level American Legion baseball team under the same management as the Eugene Challengers, beat Salem’s AAA team – the Post 20 Dirtbags – 8-6 Friday night. It was a slow start for the first-year team. The Dirtbags led 2-0…
SPRINGFIELD, Ore. – Bushnell University broke ground last week on a Player Development Center for the Beacons golf program, as part of a new partnership between the University and Pine Ridge Golf Club. Pine Ridge will be the home for one of the nation’s premier…
A Cottage Grove woman was sentenced to federal prison July 16 for threatening violence against her coworkers on Facebook. Elizabeth Ballestros West, 56, was sentenced to six months and three weeks in federal prison and three years’ supervised release. According to court documents, in late…
The American Red Cross urges donors to give blood or platelets now to reinforce the blood supply as much as possible before the summer winds down. Type O blood donors and those giving platelets are especially needed to help keep hospital shelves stocked through August.…
LTD takes 13k folks to the OCF Over 13,000 people took Lane Transit District buses to the Oregon Country Fair in Veneta. Saturday, July 13 had the highest ridership, with about 5,200 attendees. “The Fair brings thousands of merrymakers to the area, many of whom…
DEATH NOTICES Orville Dee Withrow, 88, of Yoncalla, Oregon, died July 14, 2024. Arrangements: Smith-Lund-Mills Funeral Chapel and Crematorium. James Cecil Bradley, 88, of Eugene, Oregon, died July 14, 2024. Arrangements: Sunset Hills Funeral Home, Crematorium & Cemetery. Jesse Lee Rodgers, 48, of Eugene, Oregon…