This photo of “mutton bustin’” at the McHenry County Fair won a third-place award for Ken Farver in the annual Excellence in News contest sponsored by the Illinois Press Association. Awards were presented at the IPA annual luncheon May 3.
The Independent ran its awards total to 24 in the annual Excellence in New Contest of the Illinois Press Association. Results announced last month included four first-place awards for The […]
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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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Staff Reportnews@thewoodstockindependent.com The city of Woodstock, which has received millions of dollars in supplemental funding for the widening of…
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