11th District candidates appear at public forum Challenger Qasim Rashid got his wish last week when Congressman Bill Foster showed up at a candidates forum last week at Nichols Library […]
Our new year of Photo Detective is off to a successful start! Anneliese McGregor (on the left in the photo) contacted our intrepid Photo Detective Maggie Crane and provided names […]
In 1983, a teacher invited artist Tom Trausch to speak to art classes at a school in Crystal Lake. Forty years later, Groundhog Days Committee Chairman Rick Bellairs asked Trausch […]
High school students at Woodstock’s Grace Lutheran Church put their faith in action through the Youth Standing with Jesus group which enjoys fun and outreach activities that make a difference […]
Autopsy fails to determine cause of death for inmate Even an autopsy failed to determine the cause of death of a 31-year-od man who died last summer in the custody […]
When former Northwood Middle School Principal Peter Anderson found himself with an 18,000-piece puzzle without a home, he mentioned it to Cheryl Wormley, The Woodstock Independent’s publisher emerita, who suggested […]
Empowering Seniors/Enriching Lives is the mission of the Senior Care Volunteer Network, a group of volunteers whose backbone is this outreach that transforms lives of local seniors. “We provide services […]
“A house is made of walls and beams; a home is built with love and dreams.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson On the third Wednesday of each month, The Woodstock Independent […]
Hall of Fame induction rescheduled to Jan. 19 An unexpected snow day on Jan. 12 canceled the Woodstock High School basketball game that was to include WHS Hall of Fame […]
When Cheryl Smith was growing up on a dairy farm in Oswego, her parents read the newspaper every day. Two newspapers were delivered to the farmhouse: the Aurora Beacon News […]
Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news.
Janet Dovidio has been a freelance correspondent for The Independent for eight years.
Susan W. Murray wrote for The Independent, covering various beats, from 2005 to 2008.
Tricia Carzoli is a freelance writer and photographer that on community news.
