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Police Logs: Week of July 6

SPRINGFIELD POLICE DEPARTMENT MONDAY JUNE 26 (115 total calls) Top calls: Traffic stop (40), Dispute (11), Warrant service (6) 1:05 am: Criminal trespass, 3000 Gateway St. 1:06 am: Disorderly subject, 528 S. 51st Pl. 1:26 am: Warrant service, 3752 International Ct.  3:36 am: Trash bin…

Bridging the Digital Divide

The famous line, “If you build it, they will come” is taking on a new and significant meaning in Oregon with regard to critical infrastructure. For when it comes to expanding broadband into the more rural areas of the state, the sentiment is very much,…

Music for a good cause on the Fourth

The fireworks won’t start until the evening, but there will be plenty of live music lighting up the stages in Springfield and Creswell on the Fourth of July. Springfield gets the ball rolling with two stages at Island Park for the Light of Liberty 2023,…

Public Safety: Week of June 29

Juveniles caught with toy air-soft pistols COTTAGE GROVE – A group of juveniles deploying toy airsoft guns aimed at employees of the 76 Station, E. Main St., were stopped by Cottage Grove Police at 6:41 p.m. on June 20. No injuries were reported, according to…

K9s compete for top dog honors

SPRINGFIELD — Like any other dog, Flex, Gryff, and Kirby drool as they stare at their favorite Kong toys, awaiting the anticipated moment in which it gets tossed across the field.  In many ways, these German shepherds are the typical fun-loving, carefree sidekicks, but when…