A Woodstock teenager was charged with battery after he allegedly stabbed a 31-year-old man during a dispute at a party held at a Jackson Street home Aug. 21. Bryan Estrada, 18, of the 400 block Leah Lane, was arrested and charged Aug. 21, with aggravated battery, a Class 3 felony, and battery, a Class A […]
A 12-year-old boy armed with a knife was arrested following an alleged fight involving three boys at a Woodstock playground. The boy was charged with aggravated assault, a Class A misdemeanor, according to a Woodstock Police Department news release. His name was not released because he is a minor. At about 10:30 p.m. […]
A Woodstock man has been arrested in connection with the theft of an ATM from Kingston Lanes. Andrew C. Hintt, 26, 600 block of McHenry Ave., was charged Aug. 18 with burglary, theft over $500, criminal damage to property, two counts of unlawful possession of weapons by a felon, possession of a stolen firearm, […]
Members of the Wonder Lake Water Ski Show Team were focused on the 42nd Division 1 Show Ski National Championship tournament for nearly an entire year. About 80 of the team’s 150 members worked tirelessly throughout the winter and spring months planning ski show acts, […]
Jack Berry and Andrew “Gippy” Gippert didn’t create a PGA-style miniature golf tournament just to lose it. They reminded each other of that frequently. But as their shots caromed disastrously off the bricks at Woodstock Golf and Games, 1411 S. Eastwood Drive, the pair of 16-year-olds could only laugh. “We’re horrible golfers, so we think […]
The long-empty location of a former Farm & Fleet at the southwest corner of Route 47 and Highway 14 could be redeveloped. The Woodstock City Council heard a presentation Aug. 2 from a developer interested in bringing a self-storage center, convenience store and gas station to the property that has been vacant for about 15 […]
When Bryson Calvin was growing up, he’d go on a two-week adventure-based vacation each summer with his dad. At age 12, Calvin and his dad took on Washington’s Mount Rainier, and each year Calvin has sought to do something new. He outdid himself this year when he summited Africa’s Mount Kilimanjaro July 4. During college […]
About 100 volunteers toting trash bags and paint brushes turned out for the first Keep Woodstock Beautiful community cleanup day Aug. 6. The new event was aimed at sprucing up around town. Participants picked up trash along Woodstock’s streets and in local parks and even helped to put a new coat of paint on the […]
The owner of a local paper company who recently moved to Woodstock has announced he plans to run for mayor. Guy Spinelli, CEO of Guy’s E.Paper, 1150 McConnell Road, said he’s going to throw his hat in the ring for the April 2017 election, when Mayor Brian Sager’s term expires. Spinelli, 66, is the first […]
A 72-year-old Woodstock man was charged with driving under the influence following a three-vehicle crash on Highway 47 that injured a motorcycle driver and forced the road to be closed to through-traffic for several hours. Robert Harney, 72, was charged with aggravated DUI, a Class 3 felony, according to the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office. Harney […]
Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news.
Janet Dovidio has been a freelance correspondent for The Independent for eight years.
Susan W. Murray wrote for The Independent, covering various beats, from 2005 to 2008.
Tricia Carzoli is a freelance writer and photographer that on community news.
