Earleen Hinton

2 days ago | shawlocal.com | Earleen Hinton

OREGON – They came in all sizes, ready to launch stale miniature marshmallows to golf balls during the Oregon Elementary School’s catapult shoot off on Friday, May 9. In a the field next to the grade school, sixth grade students of Aaron Mendoza’s science class lined up their creations ready to compete for bragging rights for the farthest “shot”. Kaileena Pham, 12, lined up her entry, aimed and sent her golf ball almost 100 feet – all to the delight student onlookers.

3 days ago | yahoo.com | Earleen Hinton

May 13—POLO — Some hogs perished after a semi-tractor hauling a livestock trailer overturned on U.S. Route 52 northwest of Polo on May 6. Ogle County sheriff's deputies and Polo firefighters and ambulance personnel responded to the scene at 10:48 a.m. and found the semi-tractor and trailer on its side near the intersection with Robin Road. Fire crews from Polo and Mt. Morris worked to free the hogs from the overturned trailer and put them into smaller trailers.

3 days ago | shawlocal.com | Earleen Hinton

OREGON – If you want to see Oregon’s vintage base ball team take the field at 1 p.m. this Sunday, May 18, you’ll have to head west – Oregon Park West to be exact. The Ganymedes’ home venue, south of the Chana School Museum home at Oregon Park East, can not be used for 2025 games due to renovation work at Park East.

3 days ago | shawlocal.com | Earleen Hinton

OREGON — The Oregon Junior/Senior High School music department hit all the right notes recently when they earned second place in the state for Class B schools in the 2024–2025 Illinois High School Association Music Sweepstakes. The runner-up award was the department’s highest finish since 2017. The IHSA Music Sweepstakes is one of the most comprehensive and respected measures of high school music excellence in the state of Illinois, school district officials said in a news release.

3 days ago | shawlocal.com | Earleen Hinton

POLO — Some hogs perished after a semi-tractor hauling a livestock trailer overturned on U.S. Route 52 northwest of Polo on May 6. Ogle County sheriff’s deputies and Polo firefighters and ambulance personnel responded to the scene at 10:48 a.m. and found the semi-tractor and trailer on its side near the intersection with Robin Road. Fire crews from Polo and Mt. Morris worked to free the hogs from the overturned trailer and put them into smaller trailers.