MT. MORRIS TIMES VOLUME 56 NO. 3 • SERVING THE MT. MORRIS AREA SINCE 1967
Friday, March 29, 2024 • $1.00
NEWS
Winter Games awards Village of Progress celebrates its athletes / 9
SPORTS
Spring swing
PLOTE TRIAL ENDS
Oregon crushes Amboy in baseball, plus a roundup of action on the diamonds and fields / 11, 13
Unique items for sale The Oregon Woman’s Club hosts antiques show / 5
Earleen Hinton
Ogle County State’s Attorney Mike Rock gives his closing argument to jurors March 22 at the Matthew Plote trial at the Ogle County Judicial Center in Oregon. After a five-day trial, an Ogle County jury found Plote, shown seated at the defense table facing Rock, guilty of the first-degree murder of Melissa Lamesch and her unborn baby on Nov. 25, 2020. Story: Page 3.
One section • 20 pages
INDEX Betty’s Column......... 4 Classifieds...........17-19 Colbert Column.......12
Library News............. 2 Oregon Police............ 8 Otto’s Column........... 4
DEATHS Published every Friday by Ogle County Newspapers, a division of Shaw Media
Betty L. Stoner, Page 15
Property Transfers...16 Sheriff Activity.......... 8 Sports...................11-13