A private ambulance driver is facing felony charges after he allegedly stole a prescription intended for a nursing home resident. Joshua Rich, 32, Rockford, was arrested by the Woodstock Police Department May 27. He is charged with two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance and one count of unlawful acquisition of a controlled […]
Over the years, Walter Thomas collected antique cars and enjoyed repairing them. The 91-year-old Woodstock father, grandfather, great-grandfather and great-great grandfather owned four separate gasoline stations in Woodstock over the past 50 years and always admired race car driving from afar. In addition to his passion for automobiles, Thomas has always had one nagging thought […]
Members of the public and the Woodstock School District 200 Board of Education heard updated plans for the proposed artificial turf project at Woodstock High School’s Larry Dale Field during the board’s regular May 26 meeting. The time-constrained school board meeting started at 5:30 p.m. at Woodstock High School, and adjourned at 6:45 p.m. to […]
Councilman-elect Dan Hart’s decision to delay taking his seat on the Woodstock City Council has some residents and former opponents questioning the move. “It’s disappointing to the people who elected him to serve the citizens,” said Allen Stebbins, who chairs the city’s Historic Preservation Commission. Hart skipped his second opportunity to take the oath of […]
Emricson Park’s oldest ball field will get a big-league makeover thanks to a grant from Major League Baseball. The $80,000 award from MLB’s Baseball Tomorrow Fund will help pay for renovations to the park’s Main A softball field, including the installation of new lighting, fencing and dugouts and improvements to the playing surface. The field […]
The increased use of cameras by local law enforcement agencies has created technological challenges for area police departments, especially smaller departments with limited resources. Bull Valley Police Chief Jim Page recognizes the benefits of having video cameras in police squad cars, but more than one year ago Page removed the dash cameras from the four […]
May 16 was a bittersweet day for Kyla and Ron Jordan of Cody, Wyo., whose youngest grandson was set to become a new graduate of Woodstock North High School. On the one hand, they were immensely proud of their grandson, Taylor Austin Madson, one of 223 members of WNHS’ class of 2015. On the other […]
For the Woodstock High School class of 2015, graduation day was as much about remembering the past as it was looking toward the future. Family and friends, some armed with flowers and balloons, packed the James M. Shipley Memorial Gymnasium for the May 17 commencement ceremony. The “House of Blue” was hot and humid, but […]
Woodstock Councilman-elect Dan Hart skipped his second opportunity to be sworn into office May 19, citing an ongoing conflict that centers on one of his businesses. Hart’s decision not to take the oath of office leaves the seven-person body with just six seated members. Hart also missed the May 5 meeting at which he was […]
Prosecutors have refiled a drunk-driving charge against Councilman-elect Dan Hart after a McHenry County judge dismissed a case against him last week. Hart is accused of driving under the influence and leaving the scene of an accident following a minor car crash near the intersection of Route 47 and Donovan Avenue that occurred July 14, […]
Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news.
Janet Dovidio has been a freelance correspondent for The Independent for eight years.
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