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By BEN ORNERCapitol News Illinoisborner@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Thursday he was extending Illinois’ stay-at-home order through May 30 with certain modifications taking effect May 1, including opening […]

Summer in Woodstock will be different this year. For starters, the city won’t need all of that $125,000 that has been budgeted for events such as Fair Diddley and Summer […]

Public and private schools in Illinois are out for the year, and Woodstock School District 200 says it’s ready. Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Friday that schools in Illinois would not […]



Woodstock officials are supporting Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s latest order that people in Illinois continue to stay home through April 30 and that schools continue to be closed for on-site instruction […]

Woodstock officials, who had closed some city facilities earlier, announced further restrictions on city facilities and personnel in response to Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s announcement Friday ordering all Illinois residents to […]

In response to Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s announcement Friday ordering all Illinois residents to “stay at home,” and the closure of all “non-essential” businesses, Woodstock officials announced further restrictions on city […]
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