To give Woodstock a 1950s look, a “colored entrance” sign was temporarily hung at the local movie house for a shooting of scenes of “Lovecraft Country,” a pilot for a possible HBO series. The story was the most popular posting on the Facebook page of The Independent.
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Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news. He has worked for community newspapers in Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa for the past five decades, and was a college journalism instructor for 17 years.
Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news. He has worked for community newspapers in Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa for the past five decades, and was a college journalism instructor for 17 years.
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