Polo News

Polo and Mount Morris firefighters work Wednesday afternoon at the scene of a crash at Pines and Lowell Park roads, east of Polo.

POLO – Developers looking to lure a national retailer downtown have closed on the purchase of the storefront at 107 E. Dixon St.

DIXON – The worst news for women looking to win the annual Reagan Run 5K is that Jessica Langford really liked the course.

POLO – City officials are scheduled to revisit two lingering issues at Monday's City Council meeting: engineering plans to correct a drainage problem on the south end of town, and tax incentives for retail developer MillCo Investments.

From left, bassist Bob Turner of Dixon, guitarist Jason Stephens of Nachusa, guitarist Bryan Kreiser of Dixon, and drummer Mike McDaniel of Polo make up the band Anikus.

POLO – Several area families will open their summer gardens to the public to support the Cassidy Terry Medical Fund.

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

POLO – An engineering plan to correct a drainage problem on the south end of town didn't suit Polo City Council members.

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

Cara Vock, 19, of Dixon, is a sales associate at Shoe Sensation in Northland Mall, Sterling.

OREGON – All but two of 15 Ogle County residents indicted earlier this month on felony drug charges have been arrested, Ogle County Sheriff Greg Beitel said.

Polo Public Library Director Gail Carillo is retiring after 10 years in her post.

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.

Jessica Sullivan moves her tassel over Sunday at the end of the commencement ceremony at Polo High School.

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.

Computer tampering case turned over to State Police: Chief cites possible conflict of interest 
in investigation By Vinde Wells 
vwells@shawnews.com 
Shaw News Service POLO – The investigation in to possible computer tampering at Polo High School has been turned over to the Illinois State Police.

Lee County Sheriff Charles A. Bahr, 56, of Dixon; 10:12 p.m. Sunday in the 1600 block of West Second Street; aggravated assault, resisting a peace officer; taken to Lee County Jail.

Ethan Cole Ferguson Julie and Scott Ferguson of Morrison are the parents of a son born at 4:23 p.m. on April 9, 2009, at CGH Medical Center.

POLO – A Polo High School student who police say hacked into the school's student records using a school computer could be facing computer-tampering charges, Police Chief Dennis Christen said Friday.