Staff Report news@thewoodstockindependent.comStorefront windows were shattered and the building façade was damaged but no one was injured when a vehicle crashed Christmas Eve morning into the front of Berkshire Hathaway Starck […]
Annual Autumn Art Tour Sept. 9-10The 2023 Autumn Art Tour around Woodstock will be Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 9-10.A free, self-guided tour of 14 stops, the event will begin at […]
Police says driver missed stop sign, caused wreckA 74-year-old Woodstock man suffered life-threatening injuries and three other people were hospitalized after a two-vehicle crash west of Woodstock.A 72-year-old Woodstock woman […]
Staff Reportnews@thewoodstockindependent.comA 74-year-old Woodstock man suffered life-threatening injuries and three other people were hospitalized after a two-vehicle crash west of Woodstock Friday afternoon.A 72-year-old Woodstock woman and her passenger, the […]
In the spring of 2020, new revenue from a voter-approved tax referendum the year before was about to start coming in when the Woodstock Fire/Rescue Board of Trustees was considering […]
You could say firefighting is a tradition in Brendan Parker’s family.Parker, 46, was named chief of the Woodstock Fire/Rescue District April 27. He had been acting chief since the sudden […]
Staff Reportnews@thewoodstockindependent.ocmWoodstock firefighters needed only one minute to get to a Dean Street house fire Friday night, but it took them 35 minutes to get the smoky blaze under control.A […]
Staff Report news@thewoodstockindependent.comTwo occupants of an SUV were taken to the hospital late Wednesday after they survived a fiery crash south of Woodstock.Woodstock Fire/Rescue District reported two seriously injured males were […]
Weekend rain was welcome after heightened fire danger in northern Illinois last week kept local firefighters busy late last week.One brush fire Thursday afternoon led a crew from the Woodstock […]
Staff Reportnews@thewoodstockindependent.comRoute 47 was closed in both directions for two hours Thursday afternoon when a southbound semitrailer hauling salt caught fire at Charles Road, north of Woodstock.The male driver was […]
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