Julia Eastham news@the woodstockindependent.com Lock your door and take your keys when you leave the house. “Be sure your garage doors are closed and secure,” Woodstock Police officer David Dempsey […]
“Reasonable suspicion” is the proposed standard in Woodstock School District 200 for requiring an employee to undergo drug or alcohol testing. Among 25 school policy revisions introduced last week at […]
By Julia Eastham news@the woodstockindependent.com Four years ago, 48 doves were released during a ceremony at Oakland Cemetery as a symbol of the 48 almost-forgotten children buried behind the mausoleum. […]
Interpreter, Emma Rogers Several Woodstock sports fields were alive with high-caliber youth baseball action in mid-July as the city was a host location for the 2022 Summer International Championship of […]
Staff Report news@diannethewoodstockindependent-com-2 If you’re thinking about getting tickets for the Florida Georgia Line concert Aug. 13 in Woodstock, you’re too late. “There were 10,000 tickets available,” city marketing manager […]
When summer temperatures hit the 90-degree mark, a bit of cooling makes nary a difference to those who have retreated to the air-conditioned indoors. In much the same way, the […]
“This is a good, old-fashioned, country county fair,” McHenry County Fair spokesman Rich Tobiasz said. “It is an affordable, friendly fair – all outdoors and full of fresh air.” Now […]
Staff Report news@the woodstockindependent.com Staff members of The Woodstock Independent have won more than 30 awards in the annual statewide contest sponsored by the Illinois Press Association. Eleven of the […]
By Julia Eastham news@the woodstockindependent.com The Clothing Closet on Calhoun Street has shut its doors for good after the thrift store struggled to find volunteers to work. Peggy Maher, president […]
Development of the former Die Cast site in Woodstock, vacant since the factory was demolished 25 years ago, now involves three possible investors. The City Council last week adopted inducement […]
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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