Democratic candidate’s new Woodstock office up and running

With less than a month left before the election, Democratic candidate for the 14th Congressional District Lauren Underwood will be finishing the last leg of her campaign in a new office in downtown Woodstock, 129 E. Van Buren St. Campaign spokeswoman Andra Belknap said Underwood's team moved from its original office on Calhoun Street in Woodstock because it needed a larger space. Underwood - who has campaigned for affordable health care, among other reforms - challenges incumbent Republican Rep. Randy Hultgren, R-Plano.

FBI crime report shows McHenry County trends

In 2016, the Woodstock Police Department encountered a strange uptick in arsons: A 300 percent increase from the previous year. "Arson is a fire set by a human," said Woodstock Police Chief John Lieb, commenting on the figures detailed in the Federal Bureau of Investigation's annual crime report, a rundown of statistics compiled from 2016.