Last week’s opening of a countywide shelter in McHenry for homeless people has left two empty buildings in Woodstock looking for new life. The Shelter of Hope, a 10,500-square-foot, 70-bed […]
Another business is preparing to move into the former Ace Hardware building on Route 47. FasTacos plans to open in the south end of the building that already houses Holzlager […]
Deputy Mayor Mike Turner urged the Woodstock City Council to “be creative” in considering changes to the city’s food truck regulations to address complaints from brick-and-mortar restaurants about their mobile […]
Four people have been arrested after a burglary at Blain’s Farm & Fleet in Woodstock where two riding lawnmowers were stolen late Tuesday or early Wednesday.Woodstock police reported the arrests […]
State and local news on COVID-19 infections is encouraging, but precautions are still in place. On Friday, the number of new novel coronavirus cases reported in Illinois over the previous […]
When a traffic accident is serious, a call goes out to MCAT. “It has to be a serious injury or death,” said Sgt. Rob Pritchard of the Woodstock Police Department. […]
Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news.
Janet Dovidio has been a freelance correspondent for The Independent for eight years.
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