Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
EUGENE – Freshman Grady Saunders had an improbable game-winning play on Saturday at the University of Oregon’s PK Park, scoring on an inside-the-park home run in the bottom of the 8th inning to give the Thurston Colts Baseball team its…
SPRINGFIELD – Braxton Barnes and Hunter Dryden are both sophomore right-handed pitchers for the Springfield Drifters, but their roles with the team are vastly different. The Drifters begin their second season Friday night in the West Coast League, a collegiate…
*Editor’s Note: This story is Part 2 of 2 about longtime Creswell resident, Richard Heyman, who was a fighter pilot during three wars. In case you missed it, read Part 1 online at Chronicle1909.com CRESWELL – Richard Heyman is no…
Nine hundred sixty-eight in World War I. Three thousand, seven hundred fifty-seven in World War II. Two hundred and sixty-nine in the Korean War. Seven hundred and nine in Vietnam. Six in Desert Storm. Sixty-nine in Iraq. Seventy-four in Afghanistan. …
EUGENE – The Cottage Grove boys and Thurston girls both took home third-place finishes in the team competition at the Oregon School Activities Association (OSAA) Track and Field State Championships last weekend. For the Cottage Grove boys, the podium finish…
COTTAGE GROVE – Every Thursday evening there is a steady stream of visitors heading in to Kalapuya Books on Main Street in Cottage Grove. Communities are on the rise again after Covid and so is this town’s very own Bread…
EUGENE – While the big-classification schools competed at the OSAA State Track and Field Championships on Friday and Saturday, the three smaller classifications competed on Thursday and Friday. The Pleasant Hill Billies had two individuals earn second-place medals – junior…
As I prepare this week’s Angler’s Log, the McKenzie River at the Vida gage site has fallen to about 2 feet, an ideal range for fishing and boating, and will continue to recede as we inch closer toward summer. You…
I want to thank the doctors and nurses in the ER at the Cottage Grove Hospital for their prompt and kind care of me last week when I injured my foot. It was such a weird situation when it happened…
Pleasant Hill Softball: Pleasant Hill’s season came to a close last week in the quarterfinals of the Class 3A state playoffs. Last Wednesday, the Billies took down No. 11 Glide 6-4 in the first round. Pleasant Hill trailed 4-1 entering…