A Chance at a Cure
September 30, 2014
In Bunco, a 12-player dice game, the chance of winning is 1 in 12. “In the U.S., the chance of a woman being diagnosed with invasive breast cancer in her […]
In Bunco, a 12-player dice game, the chance of winning is 1 in 12. “In the U.S., the chance of a woman being diagnosed with invasive breast cancer in her […]
A nine-hole public disc golf course at Raintree Park is now open. After years of pursuing a plan to install a course in a local park, Jeff Kaufmann’s persistence paid […]
Two Woodstock residents were charged with breaking into and stealing from Harvest Bible Chapel Church in Crystal Lake Sept. 11, police said. Zachary D. Armijo, 24, and Brianna J. Villalobos, […]
When Woodstock resident Jim Patton developed a fever, chills and headaches, his initial thought was not West Nile virus. Patton, who is in his 70s, is an active athlete who […]
With the addition of its 98-acre retreat and ecology campus on Country Club Road in Woodstock in 2010, Loyola University-Chicago is quickly becoming one of the nation’s greenest colleges. Based […]
Local artists and fine craftsmen will be opening their studios to the public to display and sell their works and demonstrate their talents Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 13 and 14, […]
While the Prairie State and specifically Woodstock have been home to Hartmann Signs for the past 22 years, owner Don Hartmann is looking to post his signs at a higher […]
Woodstock School District 200 elementary schools are filling up on lemonade and collecting change this September for Alex’s Lemonade Stand, an organization benefitting childhood cancer research. Though September is pediatric […]
Centegra Health System has filed paperwork to end its inpatient services at its South Street facility and move some of them to Doty Road. The nonprofit health care provider has […]
Blazing a new trail for Woodstock, the McHenry County Conservation District Board of Trustees recently approved the opening of a horse trail at Brookdale Conservation Area, effective May 30, 2015. […]
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.