MT. MORRIS TIMES VOLUME 54 NO. 26 • SERVING THE MT. MORRIS AREA SINCE 1967
NEWS
Friday, September 9, 2022 • $1.00
ROAD WORK
Pulitzer Winner
An OHS graduate talks about how his team won a Pulitzer Prize. / 4
NEWS
Unique Memorial
A new bench commemorates an Oregon man’s career. / 10
Case Update A fitness hearing has been set for a woman accused in the death of her son. / 3
Earleen Hinton/Shaw Media
Work continued on River Road, between Oregon Trail Road and Mt. Morris, on Tuesday. The road has been closed for most of the summer as crews have been busy replacing the two culverts located south of the railroad tracks.
One section • 20 pages
INDEX Betty’s Column ........ 6 Classifieds ........ 18-20 Colbert Column ......15
Library News ............ 2 Oregon Police..........16 Otto’s Column .......... 6
Property Transfers..17 Sheriff Activity........16 Sports..................11-15
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Bob Astrom, Ilene L. Boomgarden, Abigail ‘Abi’ Kathryn Floski, Page 8