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Outside dining on Benton Street limited after second gun-related arrest in past eight days

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Outside dining along Benton Street will be limited after a second gun-related arrest in the area in eight days. (Independent file photo)

Staff Report news@thewoodstockindependent.com After a second arrest on a weapons-related charge in less than two weeks on Benton Street, city officials have limited outside seating along Woodstock’s dining and entertainment district. A 22-year-old Woodstock man was arrested late Thursday after a city police officer ordered him to drop the handgun he had retrieved from his […]

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Larry Lough

Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news. He has worked for community newspapers in Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa for the past five decades, and was a college journalism instructor for 17 years.
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Picture of Larry Lough

Larry Lough

Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news. He has worked for community newspapers in Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa for the past five decades, and was a college journalism instructor for 17 years.
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