A Woodstock North High School student has been charged with driving under the influence following a head-on crash involving two cars on McConnell Road on Friday, May 15. Alicja A. Konefal, 18, of the 1500 block of North Seminary, has been charged with one count each of DUI, improper lane use, driving in the wrong […]
A Woodstock man has been arrested and charged with sexually assaulting and sexually abusing a juvenile, according to the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office. Andres Gamez, 33, of the 8100 block of Castleberry Drive, was arrested Wednesday, May 13, and charged with two counts each of aggravated criminal sexual abuse and criminal […]
A construction worker who fell May 4 while working at the building site of the new Woodstock Harley-Davidson motorcycle store died as a result of his injuries. Michael Mouroukas, 57, of Hawthorne Woods, was pronounced dead at 9:33 a.m. May 5, one day after the fall according to Winnebago County Chief Deputy Coroner Bill Hintz. […]
It’s entirely possible Paul Lyngbye and Henning Koch were planning a Woodstock birthday celebration for Orson Welles before many of the organizers from Woodstock Celebrates were. And they were doing it from 4,300 miles away. Lyngbye and Koch, from Copenhagen, were among the crowd of Welles fans who have come to Woodstock for the Orson […]
The city of Woodstock says it will not pursue legal action against an adult-themed retail store on Calhoun Street, but some people are calling on the City Council to continue to pressure the shop to close or move. A group of about five residents gathered at the council’s May 5 meeting to express anger over […]
Cort Carlson, Woodstock’s community and economic development director, will leave his post at City Hall to head up the Aurora Area Convention and Visitors Bureau later this month. Carlson, who has worked for the city for about three years, will serve as executive director for the nonprofit organization that promotes the Aurora region to tourists, […]
Changes to a contract between the city of Woodstock and a business in the local train depot will be left in the hands of three city officials, part of an agreement by the Woodstock City Council that will allow the city to modify a lease while averting any legal predicaments for a future councilman. Mayor […]
The business at the center of a conflict over alcohol sales in the Woodstock train depot has opened, but for now, its owners say they will hold off on serving liquor to patrons. Dan Hart, co-owner of Centerville Station and a Woodstock councilman-elect, said he and business partner Christopher Gienko are making a “good faith” […]
A Wonder Lake teenager was cited following a collision between a Jeep Liberty and a Woodstock School District 200 school bus carrying students May 4. A 17-year-old girl was driving the 2003 Jeep at 8 a.m. May 4, traveling westbound on Wondermere Road, when she rear-ended the school bus at the intersection of Greenwood Road, according […]
A 34-year-old man was charged with sexually assaulting a child in Woodstock, police said. Anthony N. Williams, Gary, Ind., was arrested May 3 and charged with predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, a Class X felony, according to Woodstock Police Chief Robert Lowen. Police were called to a home on the north side of […]
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