About 66 percent of registered voters in McHenry County turned out to vote Nov. 8 in an election that saw Republicans capture the majority of local and national offices. McHenry […]
A Woodstock man who faced decades in prison for felony drug charges, and whose arrest garnered praise from city officials, is seeking to have his record expunged after prosecutors dropped […]
A string of car break-ins has Woodstock police asking residents to make sure their vehicles are locked. At least a dozen reported burglaries to cars have taken place in Woodstock […]
A pair of men allegedly robbed a man at gunpoint, pistol-whipping and punching him in a parking lot on Davis Road the night of Oct. 25. Bryan Estrada, 18, of […]
A Spring Grove man died Oct. 17 when his car collided with a semi-truck on Highway 14 in unincorporated Woodstock. Keith C. Wiesbrock, 29, was driving a 2012 Chevrolet Cruze […]
A 25-year-old Harvard man was arrested Oct. 16 following an incident with a pair of juveniles during a Halloween event at Plum Tree National, 19511 Lembcke Road. Fernando Sanchez-Mercado, of […]
A 60-year-old Woodstock woman was arrested and charged Oct. 11 after police said she intentionally hit her estranged boyfriend with her vehicle. Blanche M. Slaten was charged with aggravated battery, […]
The owner of a now-defunct Woodstock guitar school was charged with a felony after allegedly providing music lessons to minors despite being a convicted child sex offender. David Bruce Colley, […]
With the same intensity she brought to basketball, Woodstock’s Lisa Foss is burning it up with her new business, Your Sister’s Tomato, a mobile wood-fired pizza party truck based in Woodstock that […]
The city of Woodstock should spend more on street maintenance, focus first on repairing roadways that aren’t in the worst condition and use restorative sealant and other technologies to prolong the […]
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.
