Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Top left: Nola Graf, Sammara Santiago, Tylyn Bowles, Jennalyn Kruger, and Kiera Apher make up the middle school OBOB team, Whapowin Green Llamas. Aliya Hall/The Chronicle Oregon Battle of the Books (OBOB) season has started with the regional championship kick…
Photo provided/Robin Joyce In what has likely been a typical scene in Creswell many times since the town’s 1909 incorporation, a few horses rest at a hitching post while thirsty riders wet their whistle at the Round-Up Saloon last Wednesday.
The Creswell High School boys basketball team beat Sutherlin 49-42 on Saturday, Feb. 29. The Bulldogs face Amity in a quarterfinal game at Marshfield HS in Coos Bay at 3:15 Thursday, March 5. Earlier Saturday in Portland, CHS sophomore Brielle…
Gini Davis/The Chronicle Kindergartner Avery Prechtel rides in his class’ unicorn-themed car, pushed by Ari Needham (left) and Jenna Larson during Creslane Elementary’s annual soap box derby. Students, teachers and administrators – including principal Amy Halley – participate. Prizes are…
Jim Piper, City Finance Director CRESWELL – For the fourth consecutive year, the City of Creswell this week received the Government Finance Officers Association’s Distinguished Budget Presentation Award. There are over 1,600 participants in the awards program. In order to…
Nancy Newton SPRINGFIELD – Contract negotiations are underway with Nancy Newton to serve as the new Springfield city manager. The role has been temporarily filled since June 2019 by pro tem Mary Bridget Smith, following former manager Gino Grimaldi’s retirement…
Results: Feb. 18 – Feb. 26 BOYS BASKETBALL Tuesday, Feb. 18 • SHS hosted and beat North Bend 46-32. • THS hosted North Eugene in a close loss for the Colts 58-56. Friday, Feb. 21 • SHS lost at Churchill…
Lead Singer Mariza ”Rossi” Cahill delighted the Brewstation audience with her voice, guitar and banjo playing. Noel Nash/The Chronicle COTTAGE GROVE – Urban legend has it that people can swallow up to 10 spiders annually in their sleep. The musical…
A mass choir of about 500 middle school students performs under guest conductor Chris Dobson during the Just Sing It! Festival on Feb. 20 at Springfield High School. Photo provided/Stacy Swartout-McKee CRESWELL – Just Sing It! manager Stacy Swartout-McKee summed…
Javier Fregoso plays trombone with CHS Jazz Band 1 during the Oregon Jazz Festival. Gini Davis/The Chronicle CRESWELL – Three Creswell High School Jazz Band 1 students were recognized for outstanding musicianship during the Oregon Jazz Festival, held Jan. 24-25…