Springfield News

Springfield's 28th annual Turkey Stuffer 5k follows a "basically flat" * course along residential streets, and offers several opportunities for the fleet of foot or just plain lucky to go home with a turkey .

Some Springfield families hit hard by the tough economy will be treated to free cuts next Monday, thanks to a team of Eugene barbers.

Springfield a ' A Cottage Grove man accused of sex crimes was arrested in a Springfield Hospital Friday night.

Timber Products Company announced it will close its White City plant and move its Southern Oregon softwood plywood production to Grants Pass.

A Springfield construction company claims sky-high development fees have put plans for a business park in the city on hold.

Members of the Springfield Education Foundation traveled by bus to award grants to 11 Springfield Schools as part of its Education Bus Tour.

The retail price of gasoline rose half a cent this past week in Oregon, to a statewide average of $2.76 per gallon.

The former owner of a Springfield shoe repair shop has been sentenced to 12½ years in prison after pleading guilty to sexually abusing three young girls.

Detectives believe there may be other victims related to a joint investigation by Oregon State Police Criminal Investigations Division detectives and Oregon Department of Human Services that led to the arrest Saturday in Lane County of a 26-year-old man on multiple sex offense allegations involving juvenile males.

The Oregon Elections Division rejected Springfield Mayor Sid Leiken's claim that he transferred $2,000 from his mayoral campaign fund to his consulting firm as reimbursement for a public opinion poll that Leiken has said he asked his mother to conduct.

A 15-year-old boy faces assault charges Monday after he shot his friend in the face.

Police say a 15-year-old Springfield boy suffered life-threatening injuries when he was shot in the face.

A Springfield woman will formally announce Monday morning that she is a candidate for Lane County commissioner.

Police in Springfield are on the lookout for a man they say robbed the Big Town Hero on South 32nd Street Saturday night.

's first family now has a permanent home. A life-sized Simpsons display used to promote the Simpson's movie now has its own spot at the Springfield Museum .

The man who sought to open a swingers sex club on Main Street in Springfield, Ore., is serving a sentence at the Lane County jail for methamphetamine possession.

Musgrove Mortuary and the Army National Guard honored the Oregon National Guard Tuesday with a monument dedication in time for Veterans Day.

The rain held off at this year's Springfield Veterans Day parade. Soldiers, past and present, came from all over Lane County to participate in Sunday's early event.

An early Veterans Day celebration marched through Springfield Sunday. The rain held off for most of the annual parade.

A Lane County jury on Friday convicted 28-year-old Michael Wayne Wesley of murder in the Sept.