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Conference showcases empowered amputees

SPRINGFIELD – “There is life after amputation.” A simple, yet powerful message conveyed last weekend at the Power On With Limb Loss (POWLL) Discover Conference. It’s a phrase that compels…

2 May 2024

Conference showcases empowered amputees

SPRINGFIELD – “There is life after amputation.” A simple, yet powerful message conveyed last weekend at the Power On With Limb Loss (POWLL) Discover Conference. It’s a phrase that compels…

2 May 2024

Take care: Destigmatizing mental health issues through education, community events

Editor’s Note: In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month, this is Part 1 of a month-long series centering around the many facets of mental health, from community, to crime, to…

2 May 2024

Take care: Destigmatizing mental health issues through education, community events

Editor’s Note: In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month, this is Part 1 of a month-long series centering around the many facets of mental health, from community, to crime, to…

2 May 2024

One last show before Creative Chaos goes on hiatus in the Grove

COTTAGE GROVE – Disabled people haven’t always had the opportunity to be in the limelight, but Creative Chaos’ plays allow for just that. This weekend, 11 disabled actors will be…

2 May 2024

One last show before Creative Chaos goes on hiatus in the Grove

COTTAGE GROVE – Disabled people haven’t always had the opportunity to be in the limelight, but Creative Chaos’ plays allow for just that. This weekend, 11 disabled actors will be…

2 May 2024

An Actionable Arbor Day

CRESWELL — The City hosted its annual Arbor Day celebration on April 27 at Garden Lake Park, with a theme of birds, bees, and trees. There was a bird watching…

2 May 2024

An Actionable Arbor Day

CRESWELL — The City hosted its annual Arbor Day celebration on April 27 at Garden Lake Park, with a theme of birds, bees, and trees. There was a bird watching…

2 May 2024

Young newshounds revive The Harrison Hotline

AMANDA LUREY / THE CHRONICLE Above, Students involved in Harrison Elementary School’s newspaper The Harrison Hotline meet at recess and lunch on Mondays and Fridays. The club has nearly 15 students who work to create each newspaper.

COTTAGE GROVE – It seems journalists are getting younger and younger nowadays.

The Harrison Hotline, a newspaper created by fifth graders, re-emerged at Harrison Elementary School (HES) last month. School staff are unsure of how long it’s been since the original newspaper was created and distributed at HES, but there are rumors that it was previously written on typewriters.

The paper’s comeback is thanks to fifth graders Jasper Simpson and Owen Bradley who had the idea to make a school newspaper earlier this year.

“We thought it would just be us and a small, tiny establishment,” Owen said. “We just thought we were the people who were going to do it.”

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