Hope grows when we share it. This season, let’s end the stigma around needing help. Help is here. Together, we end the stigma around accessing food resources. Scan here or visit www.oglecountyil.gov for resources in all four counties.
Action grant funded by the CDC in Lee, Carroll, Whiteside, and Ogle counties.
MT. MORRIS TIMES VOLUME 57 NO. 38 • SERVING THE MT. MORRIS AREA SINCE 1967
Friday, January 23, 2026 • $1.00
NEWS
1 dead in Rochelle fire Rochelle man killed in early Sunday morning fire, another injured / 5
NEWS
PAG auditions Performing Arts Guild to hold auditions for “Paint Your Wagon” / 6 One section • 16 pages
TESTIFYING AT TRIAL Earleen Hinton
Illinois State Police Special Agent Nate Macklin testifies Jan. 16 about text messages and other data that was extracted from Duane C. Meyer’s cellphone in 2016. Story on page 3.
INDEX Betty’s Column................................7 Property Transfers.......................... 8 Classifieds.................................. 9-12
Colbert Column.............................13 Sports.........................................13-16
DEATHS Published every Friday by Ogle County Newspapers, a division of Shaw Media
No obituaries reported.