Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
For 72 years, the Les Schwab Bowl showcased Oregon’s finest graduated seniors in an annual all-star football game. Then last year, underclassmen got to join the party for the first time, as rising juniors and sophomores were added to the…
Springfield man wins $8.9 million SPRINGFIELD — On Christmas Eve in 2021, Springfield resident Wilbur Brown was with some friends at the Moose Lodge in Springfield. And thanks to a friend’s tutoring on how to purchase a multi-drawing Megabucks ticket, Brown…
Bulger The Lane Community College Board of Education approved Dr. Stephanie Bulger as Lane’s eighth president by unanimous vote at the March 16 meeting, following a nine-month national search. “Even with a competitive and qualified candidate pool, Dr. Bulger stood…
Shearer SPRINGFIELD – After serving the Springfield community for nearly a year as interim chief, Andrew Shearer has been appointed the next police chief. He will be sworn in on March 28. Shearer has over 29 years of law enforcement…
HALL – James Hall, 65, of Eugene, died March 12. ZUCK – Robert Zuck, 75, of Eugene died March 14. DICKSON – Russell Dickson, 68 years old of Eugene. Died March 14, 2022. Arrangements by Sunset Hills Funeral Home…
Girdon “Clay or Sonny” Clayton Kirkland, 75, of Springfield, Ore., passed away on Feb. 1, 2022. He was born to parents Matthew “Clayton” and Thelma Kirkland, on June 5, 1946 in Eugene. Clay graduated from Thurston Senior High School in…
Pamela Kay (Beers) Hughes was born in Cottage Grove, Ore. to Howard Robert Beers and Nora Loueen (Ballard) Beers. She lived in the Cottage Grove area her entire life, graduating from Cottage Grove High School in 1973. Being Howard’s…
Sharon Marie Walton of Springfield, Ore. passed away peacefully on March 2, 2022 at the age of 71, holding her husband’s hand. Sharon was born on Oct. 31, 1950 in Coquille, Ore. Sharon graduated from Coquille High School in 1968.…
Thomas Jerry Jeannot, 38, of Cottage Grove, Ore. passed away Feb. 15, 2022. He was born Aug. 22, 1983, in Eugene. TJ founded, owned, and operated TC Flagging in Cottage Grove. He worked at Surco Logging for the past six…
Roy “RJ” James Jennings, 64, of Springfield, Ore. died peacefully Feb. 26, 2022 from complications of cancer. He was born June 29, 1957 in Springfield at McKenzie Willamette Hospital to Thomas and Mary Jennings. He graduated from Springfield High School…