Lost amid controversy over construction of large solar farms around Woodstock is the fact that many people have chosen not to wait for a community solar system to reduce their […]
Oct. 1, 2019, is the target date to open a facility in McHenry that will replace Woodstock’s Old Firehouse Assistance Center as host for services to the homeless, Mayor Brian […]
Looking for new and different ways to promote Woodstock, Deputy Mayor Mike Turner made a couple of requests of people appearing before the City Council for approval of their projects […]
Starting today, Bohn Ace Hardware in Woodstock is having its going-out-of-business sale. The store along Route 47 was closed Tuesday and Wednesday to prepare to clear out all inventory. Two […]
• Read about the off-Broadway debut of Woodstock North High School graduate Julia Slomski, a student at Southeast Missouri State University who performed before the bright lights of New York. […]
You could hear it in the deafening roar of motorcycles around the Park in the Square. You could see it in the dozens of empty pairs of shoes that lined […]
With weather wreaking havoc at the event itself and IT problems doing the same at City Hall for a week afterward, it’s no surprise that the after-action analysis of this […]
After working four months without a contract, firefighters have ratified a new 3-year contract with the financially strapped Woodstock Fire/Rescue District. The district’s board approved the contract just hours later […]
Two women left disappointed from Woodstock Classic Cinemas Theatre after they discovered the movie promoted in the marquee, “Carmen Jones,” wasn’t really being shown. As it turned out, that 1954 […]
On their way last Sept. 9 to a training session with the McHenry County Sheriff’s SWAT team, two tactical EMS personnel heard a call that diverted them just before 7:30 […]
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.
