Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Beth Palter Blalock, of Creswell, Ore. passed away on Dec. 5, 2020. Beth was born on Feb. 27, 1955. She was a frontline worker at PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Hospital in Eugene and Cottage Grove. She leaves behind her very loving mother…
Dorothy Garrett, 85, of Springfield, Ore. passed away at her home on Sunday, Nov. 29, 2020. She was born on Jan. 27, 1935, in Marion, Ohio to Milton and Cora Viola Large. Dorothy was the last surviving sibling to eight…
Liona Bell Swofford, 89, of Wendling, Ore., passed away on Dec. 8, 2020 in Springfield, Ore. Liona was born in Los Altos, Cal., to Floyd and Esther McVey, on June 16, 1931. Her family moved to Pleasant Hill, Ore., in…
Bobbie was born in Dallas, Texas to Robert and Dona Morris, the oldest of three children. She moved to Salem, Oregon when she was 12 years old. She graduated from North Salem High School in 1949. Bobbie married John W.…
Blum How did you spend your Thanksgiving week? The Monday before Thanksgiving, I experienced an abdominal attack that was so concerning we called 911 at two o’clock in the morning. Thirty minutes later, a welcome cavalry of ambulances and EMT’s…
Paulson We’re marking a hidden holiday, as uncelebrated as it is unappreciated. It was 229 years ago that the United States ratified the Bill of Rights, ensuring unprecedented freedom for the people of an emerging nation. Bill of Rights Day…
Officials said Tuesday that the Territorial Road project at Stony Point was being shut down for the winter. “Travel through the construction area is back to two-way travel and (the traffic) signals have been removed,” a statement read. Concrete barriers…
CRESWELL – A pair of sevens proved to be the lucky charm for Brad Hicks, who recently won his first season points title at Coos Bay Speedway. “I had a back injury and I hadn’t even raced in eight years.…
Dr. Sarah Coleman Happy Holidays? Maybe? What is that going to look like in your household? Here I start by pleading with all of you to look at your holiday plans and ask that you work to keep yourself and…
EMMA ROUTLEY/ THE CHRONICLE The Toys for Tots float brought along some familiar characters at last weekend’s Springfield Christmas stationary parade. 2020 feels as though we’ve spent the last nine months trying to maintain some sense of normalcy, and now…