Weekly Clips for March 28 -

Welcome to The Chronicle Newsletter

Hyper-local highlights delivered to your inbox each week.

The Chronicle Foundation provides a tax-deductible way for you to support your community newspaper. No matter the amount, you can make a one-time payment or set up a monthly, recurring gift.

This week’s top highlights…

State’s first standalone inpatient rehab unit to break ground in Springfield

Hospital will also house region’s first brain injury unit SPRINGFIELD – The State’s first inpatient rehabilitation hospital will be coming to Springfield in 2026. This is not the first time…

28 Mar 2024

State’s first standalone inpatient rehab unit to break ground in Springfield

Hospital will also house region’s first brain injury unit SPRINGFIELD – The State’s first inpatient rehabilitation hospital will be coming to Springfield in 2026. This is not the first time…

28 Mar 2024

Data: Creswell population can support bigger grocery store

CRESWELL – City government can occasionally be contentious and chaotic. This week’s work session was definitely that at times. City planner Curtis Thomas presented data gathered by Marketek’s Mary Bosch…

28 Mar 2024

Data: Creswell population can support bigger grocery store

28 Mar 2024

COTTAGE GROVE’S ‘FIRST LADY OF DIRT’

Glass made racing history, then paid ultimate price COTTAGE GROVE – An incredible success story? Yes, the saga of Cheryl Glass – the first Black woman to win a sprint…

28 Mar 2024

COTTAGE GROVE’S ‘FIRST LADY OF DIRT’

Glass made racing history, then paid ultimate price COTTAGE GROVE – An incredible success story? Yes, the saga of Cheryl Glass – the first Black woman to win a sprint…

28 Mar 2024

Billies softball returns plenty of firepower to defend MVC

PLEASANT HILL – The Pleasant Hill Billies softball team is off to a fast start this season after opening Mountain Valley Conference (MVC) play with a 10-0, six-inning mercy rule…

28 Mar 2024

Billies softball returns plenty of firepower to defend MVC

PLEASANT HILL – The Pleasant Hill Billies softball team is off to a fast start this season after opening Mountain Valley Conference (MVC) play with a 10-0, six-inning mercy rule…

28 Mar 2024

SVdP back in CG

BOB WILLIAMS / THE CHRONICLE. Nathaly Sheffield, Cottage Grove St. Vinnie’s store manager, assists a new customer at the stores grand opening.

Cottage Grove re-welcomes thrift store St. Vincent de Paul to the neighborhood

COTTAGE GROVE – “You can usually find treasure somewhere,” Cottage Grove resident Vicki Whisler said as she combed through a rack of purses at Cottage Grove’s new St. Vincent de Paul (SVdP) at 910 Row River Road. “There’s always going to be a good find.”

Whisler was one of the community members who came out last Thursday, March 14 to support the business as it re-entered the Cottage Grove community. Since it was incredibly busy on March 14, Whisler opted to return to the store on March 17 to properly look around and enjoy her time shopping in a quieter atmosphere.

“I love secondhand shopping in general, but I really like St. Vinnies,” Whisler said. “I’m overjoyed.”

Read it here

Let’s keep in touch…

Our newsroom can’t be everywhere, and we rely on you to help keep us in the loop about what’s happening. What are journalists missing in our communities? We want to hear from you. Click The Chronicle logo below to fill out an entry form.