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The third annual Polo Christmas Festival took place Dec. 4. Events included shopping, a winter carnival, face painting, breakfast with Santa, horse and wagon rides and the lighting of a Christmas tree. The festival is sponsored by the Polo Chamber of Commerce.

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Forreston celebrated Christmas in the Country Dec. 3-4 with a variety of events, including a lighted parade. The parade was new this year, as was the chicken and biscuit lunch sponsored by the local Lion's Club. Christmas in the Country is sponsored by the Forreston Area Business Association.

An Oregon man is being held on $250,000 bond, accused of sexually assaulting child younger than 13.

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This drone video of the Byron Generating Station was provided by Exelon Generation. It shows the nuclear power plant during the outage of Unit 1.

The gunshot wound that killed a 23-month old Polo toddler Thursday was self-inflicted, Ogle County Sheriff Brian VanVickle confirmed Monday.

The 23-month-old Polo boy who died Thursday was killed by a single gunshot wound, the Lee County coroner said.

An 18-year-old Rochelle man may be facing charges in a fatal crash involving five vehicles on Interstate 88 in Cook County.