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Polo Cub Scout Pack 337 held the annual running of the Pinewood Derby on Saturday, Jan. 28 at Emmanuel United Methodist Church.

The human skeletal remains found almost a year ago along Ill. 2 north of Oregon date back at least 10 centuries and possibly far longer.

The newly-appointed Ogle County Board of Review (BOR) will begin annual property tax appeal hearings next week — several weeks behind schedule.

Playing sports is a privilege in high school and requires athletes to maintain academic studies in order to remain on the team.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has started a Special Inspection to review the circumstances around the loss of offsite power that led to a Unit 2 reactor shutdown on Jan. 30 at the Byron Generating Station.

A loss of offsite power Monday morning caused one of the reactors at Exelon's Byron Generating Station to automatically shut down.

Eighteen nervous students began the annual spelling bee at Forreston Grade School and one student spelled her way to the regional bee.

A resolution prohibiting issuing permits for the construction, rehabilitation, or demolition of any structures within Oregon's Commercial Historic District squeaked by the city council by a 3-2 vote Tuesday.

Three members of city's Economic Development Council (EDC) are urging residents to remain patient while details of the first two phases of a proposed revitalization of Oregon's downtown are finalized and a cost analysis is completed.

Just hours after the announcement of a pilot project allowing cameras in Illinois courtrooms, judges in the 15th Judicial Circuit were already working on a plan for implementing the new rule.

Advocates of wind energy urged the Ogle County Board last week to approve a zoning text amendment with less stringent rules for wind farms.

Big changes will be made at the Oregon High School track and football field.

The Ogle County All Stars took on the Village of Progress in a competitive game of basketball Jan. 20 at the Oregon High School gym.