MT. MORRIS TIMES VOLUME 56 NO. 17 • SERVING THE MT. MORRIS AREA SINCE 1967
Friday, July 5, 2024 • $1.00
NEWS
Request for release denied Man accused of shooting 3 police officers will remain in jail / 6
SPORTS
LIFE SENTENCE FOR PLOTE
Soccer honors Oregon’s Deborah Schmid is 2024 Sauk Valley Media Girls Soccer Player of the Year / 11
Safranek ruling Judge to allow some internet searches at trial for mom accused of killing 7-year-old son / 7
Earleen Hinton
Matthew Plote (center) is escorted out of an Ogle County courtroom by Deputy Dan Daub after being sentenced to life in prison on June 27 for the murder of Melissa Lamesch of Mount Morris in 2020. Story on page 5.
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