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 […]
Voters gave the Woodstock Fire/Rescue District the vote it needed in the April 2 tax referendum. But it will be another year before they give the emergency service the money. […]
Reporting projects on the opioid crisis and homelessness in Woodstock have earned The Independent eight awards in a statewide contest. Those are among at least 22 awards the newspaper has […]
Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news.
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