Woodstock Police are investigating a weekend burglary at Coleman’s Tavern & Grill. Sometime between midnight and 6 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 5, unknown offenders broke through the back doors of […]
The Woodstock City Council approved an ordinance Dec. 1 setting its 2015 property tax levy at about $9.18 million, a figure which does not include an increase allowed under the […]
A 67-year-old Woodstock man tending to his broken-down car in Bull Valley was struck by an SUV Monday night and later died of his injuries. Fausto Alcocer was pronounced […]
Two people armed with hammers allegedly forced themselves into a house on Walnut Drive in Woodstock, bound a man inside and took off with his firearms yesterday, Woodstock police said. Police […]
A Wonder Lake man and a Marengo woman were injured Nov. 30 following a two-car crash on Route 176 in unincorporated Woodstock. McHenry County Sheriff’s police said James Caldwell, 28, […]
No one was injured in an early morning fire at a single-family home in the 1900 block of Sebastian Drive Nov. 27. Woodstock Fire/Rescue District responded to the report […]
Updated A Metra train that was evacuated and detained Wednesday after a conductor found an unattended bag on board has been inspected and released, Harvard police said. No dangerous materials were found on […]
When Fox Lake Police Lt. Charles “Joe” Gliniewicz was found shot to death Sept. 1 in a marshy area off Route 12, surrounding law enforcement agencies provided manpower and mourners […]
The city of Woodstock would need to spend $69 million if it were to complete all roadway maintenance on every city street in 2016, according to an analysis from a […]
The first snow storm of the season could dampen holiday travel and pre-Thanksgiving shopping. The National Weather Service-Chicago has issued a Winter Storm Warning for McHenry, Lake, Kane, Kendall, DuPage […]
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