Woodstock News

Scott J. Zim, 31, of Woodstock, Ill., is charged in Walworth County with party to theft.

It's hard to imagine what it must have been like to be the eldest daughter of film legend Orson Welles, a man so wrapped up in his cinematic vision, and raising money for that vision, that to have him in your life meant playing by his rules.

Despite a slowdown imposed by economic setbacks, projects expanding services and activities in Woodstock are forthcoming.

WOODSTOCK – One criminal case remains pending in a McHenry restaurant arson after a 17-year-old was sentenced to 41 2 years in prison Friday as part of a plea agreement.

WOODSTOCK – A Chicago student who tried to save three of his drowning classmates and witnessed their deaths at Camp Algonquin last November is suing the McHenry County Conservation District.

Firefighters begin to clear the scene following a fire in a home at 7525 S. Route 23 in Marengo on Thursday morning.

WOODSTOCK – A Hurricane Katrina refugee was legally insane when he stabbed his girlfriend repeatedly because he thought she was a demon, a McHenry County judge ruled Wednesday.

CRYSTAL LAKE – A 28-year-old man remained in custody Monday after police said he threw coffee in the face of a Starbucks barista during the weekend.

WOODSTOCK – A small Woodstock design firm owner is suing an employment agency that sent her a bookkeeper who ultimately embezzled more than $150,000. The bookkeeper, Jana Nelson, 42, of Capron was on probation under a different last name for stealing from a previous employer when she went to work for Robert Pacifico Associates Inc.

The focus in our Woodstock community has been on veterans, especially these past couple of weeks with the observance of Veterans Day, the tragedy at Fort Hood and this country's difficulty in resolving the quagmire in Afghanistan.

Howie Mandel: The comedian and "Deal or No Deal" host will perform at the Hemmens Cultural Center in Elgin at 8 p.m. Nov.

WOODSTOCK – A McHenry County judge plans to rule next month on whether to release a convicted child murderer from a secure facility for sexually dangerous people.

Dear Abby: May I respond to your column regarding excessive waits in doctors' offices ? I am a board-certified interventional cardiologist who has been practicing for 30 years.

WOODSTOCK – Crews worked for more than two hours Monday night to battle a fire that appeared to start between the walls of a Woodstock apartment complex.

WOODSTOCK – Firefighters are on the scene of an apartment fire that has damaged the 670 building of Prairie View Apartments on Leah Lane in Woodstock.

Marcus D. Sessom got a second chance in April when a Kane County judge agreed to give him probation in a case initiated with allegations he had unlawful sexual contact with a minor in an Elgin residence last year.

WOODSTOCK – Police are looking for a man who tried to rob a Mobil gas station on South Eastwood Drive late Saturday.

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.