Milledgeville News

Milledgeville High School senior Alyssa Saxton, 17, is a sales associate at Pink Rulz and a sales clerk at GameStop, both in Sterling.

MILLEDGEVILLE – An 18-year-old Milledgeville man was in the Carroll County Jail Friday on charges that he possessed child pornography.

Carroll County Crime Stoppers is requesting your help in solving the following crime.

A river of rain ran through the fields, overflowing every creek and stream in Carroll County Friday, June 19.

Over the years, our region has witnessed many examples of how much people care for their fellow human beings.

Gretchen Geirnaeirt, 32, of Milledgeville, is a prekindergarten teaching assistant and substitute secretary with Sterling Unit 5 school district.

POLO – Four times the anticipated number of potential donors turned out for a bone marrow registry drive for a Polo teenager.

Jake Workman was hoping he had 200 meters left in his right leg. The Milledgeville senior was off by about 150 meters.

In the May 20 issue, the article re: the Savanna City Council Meeting contained a misprint.

Dillon Stoner's one-out infield single in the bottom of the seventh drove in Nate Asbury with the winning run Wednesday as Sterling topped Moline 8-7 at Gartner Park.

MILLEDGEVILLE – Two-year-old Troy Kendall, of Chadwick, has a disease that has yet to be named.

Nate Asbury pitched six strong innings and ripped a pair of doubles, but it wasn't enough to help the Sterling Golden Warriors on Monday in a 2-1 loss to Alleman in Rock Island.

The Mt. Carroll Rotary Club recently made a generous donation to Tyler's Justice Center for Children.

Milledgeville-Polo junior Keali Engelkens threw her fifth no-hitter of the season Tuesday.

ROCK FALLS – Doing the unexpected is sort of Zohar Burciaga's thing. On Friday at the Rock Falls Invite, the guy with the strip of hair shaped like a 'Z' on the back of his head did it again.

STERLING – There was no hush that fell over the band members, no dimming of the lights, or a tapping of a baton on a podium, as they prepared to play.

MILLEDGEVILLE – Work has started on resurfacing a 1.2-mile-long section of state Route 40 between Stover Avenue and Adam Street in Milledgeville, according to the state Department of Transportation.

Taylor Kent drove in five runs and Keali Engelkens struck out 10 in a five-inning no-hitter to lead the Milledgeville-Polo Missiles to a 16-0 victory in NUIC East play at Durand.

What if.Farm emergencies are a topic that no one likes to talk about yet it is one we all need to be prepared to deal with.

Battle of the Bands for a Cause - Eastland's 'Fight for a Dream' The Lanark-based band As bees in Honey Drown.