Woodstock News

WOODSTOCK – The new executive director of Metro Counties of Illinois said that the state's largest counties have the potential to be an “unstoppable group” in Springfield.

Keith Johnson, recognized by the Woodstock Chamber of Commerce and Industry with its community service award, is a founding member of the Woodstock Farmers Market.

Bhante Sujatha is a monk at the Blue Lotus Temple, which has moved into the former Unitarian church in Woodstock.

WOODSTOCK – Dr. James Kearns of Northwest Healthcare Center will begin a new educational program, the Dynamic Living Series, on Wednesday.

WOODSTOCK – Charges against Richard G. Nielsen have been upgraded to include first-degree murder from a stabbing death earlier this week.

WOODSTOCK – The McHenry County Housing Authority has Community Service Block Grant scholarship program funding available for those who are attending school in an effort to improve their employment prospects.

WOODSTOCK – The McHenry County Board will vote this month on an intergovernmental agreement to unite 13 local governments seeking to get lower electric rates for constituents.

Steve Blankenship of Woodstock works towards the National Institute for Metalworking Skills Certification while in a McHenry County College CNC Machinist class at Woodstock High School on Monday.

The McHenry County Youth Sports Association is hosting the 20th Annual MCYSA 15U Summer International Championships in Crystal Lake and surrounding communities during July and August 2012.

The affable celebrity was Oscar - as in the Academy Awards statuette - who rode in first class alongside film academy president Tom Sherak before making the rounds through the commercial flight to pose for photos.

Brenda Banuelos, mother of Sophia Avila and wife of Salvador Avila, enters the McHenry County Government Center to testify in the case on Oct.

Some celebrate Valentine's Day because of all the romance it can bring. Then some celebrate the Hallmark holiday because they think it's just so disgustingly ridiculous.

The departments will jointly host the trip March 15. The show is taking place at Navy Pier, officials from both departments said in a news release.

WOODSTOCK – “Early American Music and Words” is a concert featuring the musicians of local congregations to benefit the Woodstock Area Community Ministry.

WOODSTOCK – An Arlington Heights man faces between two and five years in prison after pleading guilty on Wednesday to reckless homicide in a crash that left his girlfriend dead.

WOODSTOCK – The McHenry County Board will pay $9,312 of the legal fees incurred by one of the two state's attorney's investigators charged with, and cleared of, corruption charges during the investigation of State's Attorney Lou Bianchi.

It's Love to Read Week once again in District 200 schools, and I was one of the dozens of guest readers who will visit classrooms this week.

With a little Bob Dylan and a lot of finger-pointing at Springfield, McHenry County Board Chairman Ken Koehler gave his annual state of the county address on Tuesday.

The Illinois Department of Employment Security and McHenry County Workforce Network are partners at the McHenry County Workforce Center in Woodstock.

Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol Police pulled over a 40-year-old Elgin man at the intersection of Randall and Miller roads at 7:08 p.m. Saturday for driving under the influence of alcohol, driving under the influence with breath alcohol over .08, no valid Illinois license, expired registration and driving without insurance.