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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 […]

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Police find few stay-home violators

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 […]

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The Woodstock Independent: Woodstock's Homeless

Arrest threat to some homeless

During a 10-day period in early May, the Woodstock Police Department reported making 16 arrests. The home address for eight of them was listed as “transient.” In a word more […]

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