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Section: Sports
Headline: MILESTONES A MANY -- Twentieth wins gives MHS Tri-County Conference title
Crusaders pitcher Kyle Hiller saw his consecutive scoreless innings streak come to an end Friday in the fifth inning against Henry-Senachwine. The lefty completed a string of 26 innings without surrendering a run. Marquette downed the Mallards, 12-2, in five innings.
May 10, 2008
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Section: LifeTimes Features
Headline: Serena men reflect on their lives in the tiny town
Charley Storey, a waitress at the Serena Cafe, pours coffee for Leroy Muffler (center) and Don Reese. Both men are lifelong residents of Serena, still living in the homes they were born in.
May 9, 2008
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Section: LifeTimes Features
Headline: This Life -- Serena
Serena High School’s baseball and softball teams hosted Newark Tuesday. As fans made their way to the concession stand to satisfy their appetites, Bonnie Wehner was there to help for the day.
May 9, 2008
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Section: Today's News
Headline: HATS OFF -- Painted Lincoln hats unveiled in downtown Ottawa
Tom Shea, right, admires a stovepipe hat Friday evening in the 700 block of La Salle Street. The painting was done by Jill Hejl, of Oglesby. The hat and dozens of others are to be on display for more than five months — inside businesses and outside — throughout Ottawa’s downtown.
May 9, 2008
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Section: Today's News
Headline: Training Day
Todd Cashmer, a captain with the Reading Township Fire Protection District, acts as a victim as he watches firefighter Jeff Bruce (middle) practice using the department’s new extrication equipment.
May 9, 2008
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Section: Today's News
Headline: Ottawa native receives recognition for disability advocacy
Vickie Mayfield (left), from the Illinois Department of Human Services — Department of Rehabilitation Services in Rock Island, and Dave Reed from from the Illinois Department of Human Services — Department of Rehabilitation Services in Bloomington listen as Ottawa native Terry Cavanaugh (right) speaks at the State IRA Conference awards luncheon in April at Pere Marquette State Park near Grafton. Cavanaugh was awarded the Illinois Rehabilitation Association’s Excellence in Media Award.
May 9, 2008
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Section: LifeTimes Features
Headline: Helping Hands
Herman Bruns fingerprints Ransom Elementary School second-grader Juliette Thomas while Ron Sorenson enters her data Thursday afternoon in the school’s cafeteria. Members of Streator Masonic Lodge 607 were conducting child locator services for children and their parents.
May 9, 2008
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Section: Today's News
Headline: Fine Arts Week
Eli Roberts, a third-grader at Lincoln Elementary School, takes in the artwork at Central Elementary School during the annual Fine Arts Festival. On Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, student artwork was on display at Central, while performances were scheduled for bands and choirs from the Ottawa Elementary School District.
May 9, 2008
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Section: Today's News
Headline: Ottawa Elementary board, administration ask community to weigh in on financial woes
Increased class sizes could be the fallout of the financial woes of the Ottawa Elementary School District, as administrators and board members try to balance the budget. Superintendent Craig Doster has presented the board with four variations on two basic options: pass a referendum or make staff and program cuts while selling working cash bonds. The board is asking residents to weigh in with their thoughts during a community meeting at 7 p.m. Monday at Central School’s auditorium.
May 9, 2008
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Section: Sports
Headline: Second will have to do for Ottawa
Ottawa third baseman Shelby Speirer fields a sharp ground ball during Thursday's NCIC Reagan contest with La Salle-Peru. The Lady Pirates fell, 5-3, and finish second in the conference standings.
May 9, 2008
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Section: Today's News
Headline: 'Hats Off' kicks off Friday
Ottawan Karla Armstrong applies the finishing touches to a fiberglass stovepipe hat in her garage Wednesday afternoon.
May 8, 2008
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Section: Sports
Headline: MHS's Mitchell logs shutout
Marquette's Amber Mitchell collides with Bureau Valley's first baseman, knocking the ball free in the fifth inning. Mitchell wound up on third and a run scored on the play.
May 8, 2008
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Section: Sports
Headline: One Hill Of A Runner
Marquette's Buck Hill has made the journey from self-proclaimed slowpoke to long-distance force in his storied running career. The senior is this week's Prime Times Player.
May 8, 2008
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Section: Sports
Headline: Crusaders come through in the clutch
Marquette's Nick Taber shouts in excitement after scoring the winning run in the eighth inning Wednesday at Masinelli Field in Ottawa. Taber crossed the plate on a single from Thom Hill.
May 8, 2008
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