ROGUE RIVER — The 73rd annual Rooster Crow festival brought thousands of people to the town of Rogue River — and a group of roosters ready for the competition that gives the festival its name.

Officially named the “National Rooster Crow,” the competition to see which rooster can crow the most times in 30 minutes has been a mainstay of the festival since 1953.

The Medford Mustangs were able to hold onto one late-game lead but not a second, falling 6-5 to the Reno Gladiators in the second game of Sunday afternoon’s Triple-A American Legion doubleheader to claim a split at North Medford High School.

The Mustangs (9-7) won the opening game 10-8.

A man busted at a residence in Medford with over 1 pound of methamphetamine was sentenced last week to nearly five years in prison.

Lester Gregory Monk, 69, of Cave Junction will also serve three years of post-prison supervision after being convicted by a Jackson County jury of delivery of meth, unlawful possession of meth and felon in possession of a firearm.

The Rogue Writers Collective is launching a five-day creative writing and publishing program designed to help Josephine County teens develop their writing skills, find their literary voices, and publish their work in a professionally produced literary journal.