As consumers of American entertainment, we are well-versed in heroic action. A hero runs into a burning building to rescue a child. A hero administers lifesaving CPR to save a heart attack victim. A hero tackles a gunman before they can take the life of…

In a Season 10 episode of The Simpsons, “Mom and Pop Art,” a flood hits Springfield. In an endearing cutaway gag, young Milhouse Van Houten stands in his flooded bedroom, clad in his usual red shirt and pants cuffed high at the ankle, water beginning…

Lindsey Black has joined The Chronicle as Sales & Marketing Director, publisher Noel Nash announced Tuesday. Black, who coordinated the 100th anniversary celebration of the Eugene Hotel this past May as the community relations director at the retirement community, moved to the southern Willamette Valley…