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 […]
More than 25 years after she was a victim of the first of multiple sexual assaults, a former Woodstock woman finally summoned the courage to file a complaint this past […]
With no immediate prospects for development of Woodstock’s Old Courthouse and Sheriff’s House after 2½ years of discussion, city officials hope a new $27,000 study will provide a specific roadmap […]
Two things are needed to site a solar farm: a nearby market for the power generated and a willing landowner. That’s what Bull Valley residents were told by John Buffington, […]
A Woodstock man is being held on $1 million bond after being arrested on charges related to several criminal sexual assaults on juveniles from nearly 20 years ago. Richard F. […]
By Larry Lough larry@thewoodstockindependant.com Convinced their concerns about problems with the homeless were not being heard, a group of downtown Woodstock business owners and near-southside residents have launched a neighborhood […]
By Tricia Carzoli THE INDEPENDENT The grandstands were packed as four-time world bull riding champion Richard Neale “Tuff” Hedeman brought his eponymous company – Tuff Hedeman Bull Riding – to […]
Developers of a proposed solar farm in Bull Valley have received a postponement of a hearing that had been scheduled for this week on plans for their 15-acre development. […]
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.
