Category Community

Lane County DUII arrests

On Saturday, Dec. 5, at 6 p.m., a pickup crashed into a utility pole on the shoulder of Prairie Road. Kevin Bryan Barthol, 23, of Port Orford, was arrested for DUII. On Sunday, Dec. 6, at 9:30 p.m., deputies responded to a report of a…

Missing Springfield mushroom picker found safe

On Dec. 11 at 1:40 p.m., LCSO Search & Rescue located Erik Everardo Aguilar-Cisneros, 32, of Springfield, alive in the Hadsall Creek area south of Mapleton. Aguilar-Cisneros was reported missing on the evening of Dec. 6 after he didn’t return from mushroom picking with several…

Drug lab found near Marcola

According to Lane County Sheriff’s detectives, they have received information over the past year that James Joseph Love, 51, of Marcola, was operating an illegal drug lab as well as manufacturing psilocybin products. These types of labs, officials said, can be highly hazardous when operated…

Legal Notices: Edition of Dec. 18, 2025

TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE LLG 25-130469 A default has occurred under the terms of a trust deed made by Dusty L. Wallace and Kathrine R. Wallace, as tenants by the entirety, whose address is 355 Crona Street, Junction City, OR 97448 as grantor to Fidelity…

Library supporters fill Springfield Council meeting

SPRINGFIELD – Standing-room-only Springfield city council meetings have started to become the new normal, especially with Monday night’s rally to save the library. Parents with children, teachers, students, librarians, and library-goers flooded the meeting room, all with one goal: to save the Springfield Library. A…