
Tax bill will bring good news – a rebate
Local homeowners will find something to help ease the pain when they open their property tax bills next month. That mailing will include instructions on how to apply for a […]

Local homeowners will find something to help ease the pain when they open their property tax bills next month. That mailing will include instructions on how to apply for a […]

Police are holding a 41-year-old transient who was arrested on a charge of burglary at the same time and place they were investigating a woman’s death at a northside Woodstock […]

By Capitol News Illinois staff SPRINGFIELD – With the Legislature on spring break until April 30, advocacy groups are working to get their points across on topics such as cannabis […]


High schools in Woodstock School District 200 are sharing a police officer for the remainder of this school year. Officer Josh Rapacz of the Woodstock Police Department, who has been […]

Hours of discussion during two public meetings are expected to lead to a lawsuit in a neighborhood dispute over a “party house” across from Bull Valley Golf Club. That is […]


Here is a statement released Tuesday afternoon from Woodstock Police Chief John Lieb: On April 16th, 2019, at 1:33 p.m., the Woodstock Police Department and the Woodstock Fire/Rescue District were […]


Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news.
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