The Oct. 9 natural gas explosion in Woodstock was a big local news story in 2023, but not the biggest, according to The Independent's Facebook friends. (Independent file photo by Ken Farver)
Who can figure out the viral whims of social media? Whatever you might have thought was the top local story of 2024, our Facebook readers beg to differ. For pure […]
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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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