VOLUME 157 NO. 48 • SERVING THE FORRESTON AREA SINCE 1865
Friday, April 5, 2024 • $1.00
NEWS
Guilty plea Sarah Safranek pleads guilty to killing her 7-year-old son Nathaniel Burton by suffocating him / 3
SPORTS
HUNTING FOR CANDY
High school roundup Find out how local baseball, softball and girls soccer teams fared / 10-11
Hardware store highlighted State Rep. Tony McCombie recognizes Koeller Forreston Hardware / 5
Earleen Hinton
Taelyn Coleman, 2, of Forreston hunts for eggs at the Forreston Lions and FABA’s Easter Egg Hunt on March 30 at Memorial Park in Forreston. Story: Page 4.
One section • 20 pages
INDEX Betty’s Column......... 6 Classifieds.......... 16-18 Colbert Column.......12
Library News............. 2 Mt. Morris Police.....15 Otto’s Column........... 6
Property Transfers...15 Sheriff Activity.........14 Sports.................. 10-12
DEATHS Published every Friday by Ogle County Newspapers, a division of Shaw Media
Lesa L. Fenton, Phyllis Jean LaBudde, Whitney Fearer Morrill, Page 13