Putting McHenry County students with records of misconduct into a Woodstock school for special education students was not something the Board of Education of School District 200 readily embraced last […]
Fresh off NBC’s “Today Show” sharing the holiday spirit of Woodstock with the nation during a Merriest Main Street segment, the Cherry Tree Inn B&B was already in the midst […]
Woodstock area diners are opening their arms to embrace chicken wings with the opening of Wingstopin the Jewel-Osco shopping center. “Based on the opening, Woodstock was excited,” said Wingstop marketing […]
City Council decided in November the city budget will require a 4.15 percent property tax increase for Woodstock residents next year. Discussions at the past two meetings, however, indicate that […]
Restoration and renovation of Woodstock’s 133-year-old Opera House should be underway by the time a similar project is wrapping up at the Old Courthouse and Sheriff’s House, themselves 19th century […]
“Chicago area, we’ve got this,” NBC5 traffic and news reporter Kye Martin said. “Woodstock has the Merriest Main Street – there is no debate whatsoever.” For the second time in […]
Woodstock City Council will have at least two new members after next April’s consolidated election, and voters will have plenty of options in filling three council seats on the ballot. […]
With the addition of more than 8,000 vote-by-mail and provisional ballots, the McHenry County turnout for the Nov. 8 election exceeded 50 percent. When final, unofficial results were reported on […]
The victim of the single-engine plane crash last week has been identified as Galt Airport owner Claude Sonday.According to a news release Wednesday from McHenry County Coroner Michael Rein, Sonday, […]
The pilot of a two-seat aerobatic monoplane died Friday afternoon when the plane crashed near Galt Airport in Wonder Lake. Police reported the pilot, who was the sole occupant of […]
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.
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