VOLUME 158 NO. 9 • SERVING THE FORRESTON AREA SINCE 1865
Friday, July 5, 2024 • $1.00
NEWS
Request for release denied Man accused of shooting 3 police officers will remain in jail / 6
SPORTS
Soccer honors Oregon’s Deborah Schmid is 2024 Sauk Valley Media Girls Soccer Player of the Year / 11
FRONT AND CENTER
Life sentence for Plote Judge sentences Matthew Plote to life in prison for the murder of Melissa Lamesch and her unborn son / 5
Earleen Hinton
This 1932 Nash 1096 Ambassador four-door sedan, owned by the Lentz family of Tratford, Pennsylvania, was one of the vintage cars at the Nashional Car Show on June 29 at the Stronghold Camp & Retreat Center. Story on page 3.
One section • 20 pages
INDEX Betty’s Column......... 4 Classifieds.......... 16-18 Crime and Courts..5-7
Library News............. 2 Otto’s Column........... 4 Property Transfers...15
Sheriff Activity.........15 Sports...................11-12
DEATHS Published every Friday by Ogle County Newspapers, a division of Shaw Media
M. Claudia Robertson, Page 13