After rejecting a more extensive ban, the Woodstock City Council opted Oct. 6 to prohibit smoking in the Park in the Square. The new ordinance, which will go into effect […]
Victor Leavings carries in his pocket a copy of the Bill of Rights for the Homeless. Like most of the Illinois Compiled Statutes, 775 ILCS 45 is wordy, but it […]
UPDATED 12:00 p.m. Friday, Oct. 9, 2015 Seventy-five people have pledged a total of $6,415 to the GoFundMe page established to help Wolfgang Kemp and his father as of Oct. 9. Comcast […]
The Woodstock Chamber of Commerce & Industry is holding an all-member meeting to vote on whether to sell the chamber’s current building on the Woodstock Square. The meeting will be […]
UPDATED: 2 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2015 Woodstock Police said the death of a man found lying behind a local convenience store does not appear suspicious in nature. The McHenry […]
A former Woodstock man was arrested for failing to register as a sex offender while living at a Chicago residence. Jose J. Quintero, 26, 3521 W. Palmer St., Chicago, was […]
A Wonder Lake man received a ticket after his SUV collided with a Woodstock School District 200 school bus Sept. 24 near the Greenwood Road and Route 120 intersection. Leonel […]
The Woodstock Police Department is investigating what it has termed a “suspicious fire” at the Donato Conservation Area, formerly the Gerry Street Nature Area, at Forest Avenue west of Gerry […]
A 21-year-old soccer player was charged with battery by Woodstock Police after he allegedly punched a referee in the nose following his ejection from a game. Luis Gaitan, 21, […]
Closed for the past two golf seasons, Plum Tree National Golf Course is now in the hands of new owners who are planning unique changes for the property. The 18-hole […]
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