Staff Report news@thewoodstockindependent.com Woodstock Police evacuated the Old Courthouse Center Friday night after a threatening call that they blamed on “swatting,” which is “a prank call to emergency services in […]
Every Woodstock motorist has had to have seen him. He stands on the raised median along Route 47, just south of U.S. 14, waiting for drivers in the northbound turn […]
Woodstock Police active in holiday traffic enforcement campaign This Thanksgiving, the Woodstock Police Department is joining the Illinois State Police and other local law enforcement agencies to ensure holiday travelers […]
Shortly after 2:30 p.m. Oct. 9, a Woodstock firefighter was walking east on Lincoln Avenue west of Tryon Street, where streets had been closed while the odor of gas was […]
Staff Report news@thewoodstockindependent.com Monday afternoon’s explosion at Lincoln and Tryon streets displaced 22 people and damaged 20 structures to varying degrees, the Woodstock Fire/Rescue District reported Tuesday. Two homes and a […]
Staff Report news@thewoodstockindependent.com Both drivers were seriously injured Tuesday afternoon in a two-vehicle collision north of Woodstock that briefly closed Route 47. A female who was injured was flown by […]
After Carlos, 25, was ticketed Sept. 7 by Woodstock Police on charges of driving while his license was suspended and failure to use his turn signal, he posted 10 percent […]
Staff Report news@thewoodstockindependent.com Firefighters were alerted to a large house fire on South Jefferson Street by an alert Woodstock Police officer shortly after 5 a.m. Monday. The blaze critically injured […]
Property tax payments may be made many ways McHenry County property owners have their second installment of property taxes for 2023 due by Tuesday, Sept. 12. In a news release, […]
Citizens have had a big hand in making the Woodstock Fire/Rescue District the professional operation it is. In fact, a voter referendum in 1993 created the district from three entities: […]
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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