A Woodstock woman was ticketed following an early morning accident on Country Club in unincorporated Bull Valley March 4 that injured her and another driver. Margarita Palma-Olvera, 53, was cited for improper lane use and not having insurance, according to McHenry County Sheriff’s Deputy Aimee Knop. Palma-Olvera was driving a 1997 Ford Expedition southbound on […]
A 49-year-old Antioch was ticketed following a car crash on Highway 14 west of Woodstock March 3, that left a stretch of the road closed for nearly 24 hours and area residents without power for several hours. Joann Bruning was cited for failure to yield for right of way at an intersection and failure […]
A motocross team sponsored by Woodstock KTM, 2235 S. Eastwood Drive, awoke to find its truck, trailer, bikes and other equipment stolen early this morning, the team announced. A truck and trailer emblazoned with the Woodstock KTM logo was stolen while the team was in Omaha, Neb., for the AMSOIL Arenacross race series, according to a […]
A Woodstock man who allegedly stole a power cord from the surveillance camera at the Woodstock train station is facing felony charges after police identified him using the camera’s video footage. Kostas Lymberopoulos, 27, 1460 Cord Grass Trail, was arrested Wednesday, March 2, and charged with theft of government property, a Class 4 felony; possession […]
Producing and directing the annual Music4Martin celebration at Grace Lutheran Church requires several months of planning, phones calls and late-night rehearsals. However, the benefits far outweigh the time and dedication required to successfully pull off the musical event each year, founder Ken West said. “I’m a big fan (of events) that give you multiple wins,” […]
The National Weather Service-Chicago has issued a Winter Storm Warning for McHenry County and other parts of Northern Illinois. The warning is effective from 9 p.m. tonight, Monday, Feb. 29 to 9 a.m. Tuesday, March 1, and includes the northern most counties along the Illinois-Wisconsin state line. Those counties are McHenry, Lake, Boone, Winnebago, Jo […]
A Woodstock teenager has been charged with sexual abuse and public indecency following an incident at the Woodstock Square Mall. Devonte K. Spiller, 18, 748 Prairie View Lane, Apt. #3B, was arrested Feb. 10, and charged with criminal sexual abuse and public indecency, both Class A misdemeanors, according to Woodstock Police Chief Robert Lowen. […]
A Woodstock man has been charged with sexually assaulting a child. Anthony V. Ferrara, 37, 1251 Wood Drive, was arrested Feb. 25, and charged with two counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, a Class X felony, and one count aggravated criminal sexual abuse, a Class 2 felony, according to Woodstock Police […]
The Woodstock man hit by a car the evening of Feb. 19 has been ticketed for being intoxicated at the time of the collision and attempting to cross the road in an area where there is no crosswalk. Robert E. Weimer, 60, 136 North St., was walking in a northerly direction along Lake Avenue at […]
Woodstock residents should be on the lookout for a scam targeting ComEd customers. A person falsely identifying himself as a ComEd field technician called at least one business in Woodstock today and threatened to cut off power due to an overdue bill, the business owner said. The caller then provided the business owner with a phone number for a person […]
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.
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