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 […]
By PETER HANCOCKCapitol News Illinoisphancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – Illinois voters have approved a state constitutional amendment guaranteeing workers the right to organize and engage in collective bargaining. Estimates compiled by multiple […]
“I was shocked!” That was how Democrat Louisett “Lou” Ness described her reaction to winning a seat on the McHenry County Board in the Nov. 8 election. The Woodstock resident […]
Get to work Green Friday for day of land restoration Green Friday will be observed as an alternative to Black Friday on Friday, Nov. 25, when the McHenry County Conservation […]
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.
