Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
SPRINGFIELD – While responding to a call on the morning of Aug. 31, one Springfield Police Department (SPD) officer was shot, and another was struck by fragments from the shots. At 8:09 a.m. on Aug. 31, SPD 911 received multiple…
COTTAGE GROVE – With only 46 more days on chief petitioner Michael Borke’s shot clock to gather every signature needed for the recall petitions against councilors Jon Stinnett, Mike Fleck, and Chalice Savage, tensions are rising in Cottage Grove. Signatures…
PLEASANT HILL – It was a messy opening night for the Pleasant Hill Billies and Cottage Grove Lions football teams. In a game that had almost as many penalties as points, Pleasant Hill came out on top 20-7. “There was…
SPRINGFIELD – The BLOCK Party is back Friday night for its fourth year, and for the first time, Main Street in downtown Springfield will be closed for pedestrians. It will feature music, food, prizes, family games, street art, cocktail lounges,…
I am worried for Cottage Grove and our country. Political divisiveness is running rampant and it seems to be escalating out of control. Rather than work together to find solutions, we are at war with each other. Me and two…
SPRINGFIELD — “There is no friend as loyal as a book,” Ernest Hemingway once wrote. From Beverly Cleary to Eric Carle, Judy Blume to C.S. Lewis, the worlds created, the characters that seem to leap off the pages into the…
Below are the weekly recaps and previews for our area football teams, as well as our weekly conference call, where we take a look at some top storylines from teams around our area team’s conferences. The Main Event Marist Catholic…
Below are the weekly previews and recaps for volleyball, boys and girls soccer, as well as results and schedules for all area sports. Volleyball The Main EventCreswell Bulldogs (3-1, ranked #9) at Pleasant Hill Billies (3-1, ranked #8)■ Game facts:…
Patricia ‘Patty’ Ann (Harris) Phillips Aug. 16, 1954 – Aug. 23, 2023 Patricia “Patty” Ann (Harris) Phillips of Springfield passed away Aug. 23, 2023. She was 69 years old. Patricia was born Aug. 16, 1954, in Grants Pass, Ore. to…