MT. MORRIS TIMES VOLUME 56 NO. 29 • SERVING THE MT. MORRIS AREA SINCE 1967
Friday, September 27, 2024 • $1.00
NEWS
Homecoming at Oregon Parade and bonfire part of festivities at Oregon High School / 3
NEWS
Taft Campus closing NIU will close the Lorado Taft Field Campus in December / 5
STANDOUT SAVE
Ag Awareness Days Students harvest knowledge about agriculture at fairgrounds / 8
Earleen Hinton
Oregon goalkeeper Deryk Withers grabs the ball away from Hinckley-Big Rock’s Gavin Pickert on Sept. 19. High school sports roundup on page 14.
One section • 20 pages
INDEX Betty’s Column......... 4 Classifieds.......... 15-18 Colbert Column.......12
Crimes and Court..... 6 Otto’s Column........... 4 Property Transfers.... 9
Sheriff Activity.......... 6 Sports.................. 12-14 World War II Days.... 11
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Kurt Elliott Bevill, Darlene Dirksen, Lorena M. Freeman, Page 10