Safely Dispose of Unused or Expired Medications on Saturday, October 25 WOODSTOCK, Ill. — The Woodstock Police Department invites residents to participate in National Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, October 25, 2025, from 10:00 […]
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 […]
Downtown Woodstock bakery to close this week The Sugar Circle in Woodstock will close after the business day this coming Saturday. Owner Lauren Hamilton announced the closing last week in […]
Denial is a distinctly human trait, and a potentially dangerous one. Whether they say it with words or in actions, people are inviting trouble when they express the belief that […]
“We do not consider ourselves to be susceptible to a scam,” a Woodstock woman wrote about her and her husband, “and yet we fell for it! We were embarrassed. …” […]
Woodstock will spend $28,500 this year – and $22,500 every year thereafter – for what police say is an important tool needed to combat a trend of out-of-towners driving here […]
Woodstock Police said parents should not be concerned about the safety of their children in District 200 schools despite a rash of threats that were investigated last week. D-200 officials […]
Woodstock Police have handled “just a few” violations of the statewide “shelter in place” order since Gov. J.B. Pritzker issued it in late March. “We have handled a couple of […]
A 15-year-old Woodstock High School student is in the Kane County Juvenile Detention Center after being arrested in connection with an attack in school Tuesday morning on another 15-year-old. Woodstock […]
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