Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Last week, the Lane Transit District Board of Directors elected its leadership team, including president Gino Grimaldi, a retired Springfield city manager. He spent 45 years serving in city government in Arizona, Maine, and Oregon. He represents Subdistrict 1, East Springfield to McKenzie Bridge. Susan…
SPRINGFIELD – The Thurston Colts boys basketball team handled their cross-town rival Springfield 57-41 Tuesday night in a Midwestern League matchup at Thurston. The Colts used a balanced scoring attack and solid team defense to secure the win. “You always want to get a W,…
SPRINGFIELD – In many areas of Springfield, mobility in a wheelchair is at best, a fight, and at worst, impossible. “A lot of the sidewalks are so bad. I’ve literally got trapped on them,” said Melinda Preciado, Ms. Wheelchair Oregon 2022 and Springfield resident. Consisting…
SPRINGFIELD — Chief Andrew Shearer actually wanted to become a firefighter in his youth. “I joke with some of my longtime friends in law enforcement that when I was a kid, I really wanted to be a firefighter,” Shearer said in a July interview with…
CRESWELL — You may have noticed there is a friendly new face in City Hall, Grace McNeil, serving as the new City recorder for Creswell. “I’m a pretty quiet person … That’s kind of the draw to cities with smaller populations. It’s not as overwhelming;…
SPRINGFIELD – In the first round of FY2023 Career Opportunity Program grant awards, the Oregon Arts Commission and The Ford Family Foundation have awarded $92,297 to 36 artists for career development projects, including one artist from Springfield. Erin Langley, of Springfield, will be granted $2,000…
CRESWELL — Lane County Sheriff’s Office deputies say an intense search did not turn up any reason for concern after an allegedly armed individual was reported near Creswell High School last Thursday.According to LCSO, at about 3:39 p.m. on Jan. 19, a Creswell School District…
MONDAY, JAN. 16 7:30 am: Vehicle stop, 400 A St. 12:25 pm: Stolen vehicle, 298 E. Oregon Ave. 1:32 pm: Illegal parking, E. Cloverdale Rd./Emerald Pkwy. 3:21 pm: Illegal parking, C St. 1st St. TUESDAY, JAN. 17 1:01 am: Vehicle stop, 85 Emerald Pkwy. 1:49…