Oglesby News

Monroe Denham, 89, went into the Navy in July 1940. "I was in the Navy when the war started,' Denham said.

The Oglesby varsity girls' basketball team continued their hot start to the 2009-2010 season over the weekend, going 3-0 to claim the title of their own home tournament.

Three students and a teacher from Oglesby High School were injured Monday night when their vehicle struck a cow on Farm-to-Market Road 1996 about two miles south of Oglesby.

An Oglesby Ag teacher and several of his students who were returning to Oglesby Monday night were injured when the vehicle they were travelling in struck livestock in the roadway.

Despite what the scoreboard indicated at the end of the game, Oglesby and Paradigm Charter did not play a basketball game Saturday, they played football.

Two homes in Coryell County caught fire after lightning struck them Monday morning.

Monday morning house fires in Jonesboro and in Oglesby were evidently both started by lightning strikes.

A Coryell County man was behind bars Monday in Gatesville, charged aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury in connection with an attack last Wednesday that left his 64-year-old mother with serious injuries including at least one compound fracture, sheriffa s deputies said.

An Oglesby woman on her way to work early Friday died in a one car collision less than a mile from her home.