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WOODSTOCK – McHenry County State's Attorney Louis Bianchi said he would not hesitate to seek the death penalty against violent criminals such as Mark Smith or Brian Dugan.

WOODSTOCK – Police said they uncovered a three-county pot-growing scheme in which two men allegedly paid others to sign leases for houses they subsequently outfitted with grow lights and other sophisticated equipment.

WOODSTOCK – The future of the Woodstock Station property remains in limbo after a public auction Thursday at the McHenry County Sheriff's Office.

Frank Cmiel ) WOODSTOCK – A 27-year-old Algonquin man accused of wielding a knife in a botched drug deal remained in jail Tuesday afternoon with $150,000 bail.

Nick Dentamaro - ndentamaro@nwherald.com Earl Kyle, from left, Mark Greenleaf, Chad Miller and Joyce Kyle stand around the Civil War Memorial statue at the Woodstock Square before the ceremony honoring the 100th anniversary of its unveiling on Tuesday.

Travis Haughton – thaughton@nwherald.com The newly renovated D.C. Cobb's at 226 Main St.

Share + Nov 3, 2009 1:00 pm US/Eastern WOODSTOCK, Ill. If you flip someone off in traffic, you might get angry stares or a nasty honk of the car horn, but if you do it in court, expect much more severe consequences.

WOODSTOCK – A former Woodstock woman repaid her former employer $44,368 Monday as she accepted a felony plea agreement for theft.

WOODSTOCK – A 32-year-old Huntley man who participated in a fight that destroyed a man's right eye pleaded guilty to felony mob action Monday.

WOODSTOCK – The 2030 Land Use Plan is off to the McHenry County Board after almost three years of work.

HARVARD – An Algonquin teen is facing a handful of felony charges for allegedly spitting on personnel who responded to an apparent car accident Thursday.

A 29-year-old McHenry County man is facing a felony stalking charge alleging he placed a tracking device on his estranged wife's car earlier this month to monitor her whereabouts.

A home in Woodstock, Ill., featured in the movie "Groundhog Day" is being renovated into a bed and breakfast, a construction company owner says.

WOODSTOCK – An Elburn man accepted a misdemeanor plea bargain Monday after the teenager who accused him of forcing sex on her ran away to avoid testifying, prosecutors said.

MARENGO – It might not be a reality within the next several weeks – or even the following months – but Marengo is on its way toward possibly recruiting a hotel developer.

WOODSTOCK – Prosecutors plan to seek the five-year maximum prison sentence after a judge convicted a 32-year-old man of involuntary manslaughter in a one-punch death outside a Crystal Lake bar.

"Breaking Legs": The Woodstock Musical Theatre Company presents this comedy Fridays to Sundays, to Oct.

Al Hooks and Carol Peacock have been chosen to participate in the City of Algonquin Public Art Program.

WOODSTOCK – A 20-year-old Spring Grove man could be sentenced to probation or one to three years in prison after a McHenry County judge convicted him of aggravated reckless driving.

WOODSTOCK – Prosecutors presented about 15 minutes worth of evidence Friday against a 46-year-old man accused of fatally setting a woman on fire before continuing the hearing to December.