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 an attempt to bring about dispatch of armed police officers to a particular address.” According to a news release, the regional dispatch center received a […]
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 lane to lower their window, maybe offer him some cash. City police officers have talked with him, even arranged for the social worker that the […]
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 are buckled up and driving sober with a “Click It or Ticket” and “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” enforcement campaign through Nov. 27. “Thanksgiving […]
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 being investigated. Next door, a couple had just climbed into their car in the driveway to go get something to eat before work. At 2:38, […]
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 detached garage were destroyed, according to a news release, and two additional homes sustained structural damage that made them uninhabitable. WFRD said that after firefighters […]
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 medical helicopter to Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville. A man whose pickup truck collided with the woman’s car in the 3600 block of North Route 47 was taken by ambulance to Northwestern Medicine Woodstock Hospital. […]
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 of a $2,500 bond and was released. Less than two weeks later, on Sept. 18, city police stopped Carol, 71, and cited her for driving […]
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 an adult male who was an occupant of the house in the 200 block of South Jefferson. Because of the extent of the victim’s injuries, […]
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, county Treasurer Donna Kurtz reminded taxpayers her office has waived fees for people who want to pay their property taxes online by electronic check. And […]
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: Woodstock Rural Fire Protection District, Woodstock City Fire Department, and Woodstock Rescue Squad. As demands on the district have increased since – more than 5,000 […]
Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news.
Janet Dovidio has been a freelance correspondent for The Independent for eight years.
Susan W. Murray wrote for The Independent, covering various beats, from 2005 to 2008.
Tricia Carzoli is a freelance writer and photographer that on community news.
