Woodstock police officers will be outfitted with body cameras in a move city officials said is aimed at ensuring accountability from police and members of the public alike. Each of […]
The Woodstock Police Department’s first police dog, Brinx, will be added to the roster at the Northern Illinois Police K-9 Memorial, the WPD has announced. Brinx, a German shepherd, died […]
Woodstock’s population is 25,357, according to the preliminary results of a special census, a figure that will give the city home-rule status. Numbers compiled by the United States Census Bureau […]
A spate of creepy clown sightings has swept its way into northern Illinois, but Woodstock Police Chief John Lieb said his department had received just one clown report as of […]
Woodstock police officers will begin carrying an emergency antidote for opioid overdoses before the end of the year, Police Chief John Lieb said. Each of the Woodstock Police Department’s sworn […]
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