Final year of city’s enhanced streets improvement program By Larry LoughLarry@the woodstockindependent.com Woodstock enters 2025, the fifth year of the city’s five-year, $55 million enhanced streets improvement program, with a […]
Die Cast development, Route 47 improvements, Old Courthouse Center failed us By Larry Loughnews@the woodstockindependent.com Like most years, 2024 ended with some unfinished business that will be carried over into […]
By Staff Reportnews@the woodstockindependent.com A 69-year-old transient was arrested last week on charges he critically injured another man by stabbing him in the chest at a local camp for homeless […]
Project to be rebid at reduced capacity after last-minute ComEd delays By Eileen MillardNews@the woodstockindependent.com The solar field project for 10 acres of Woodstock School District 200 land near Woodstock […]
Home of the Sparrow building two homes in Woodstock By Susan W. Murraynews@the woodstockindependent.com As groundbreaking ceremonies go, the one held in Woodstock on Dec. 9 was a low-key affair. […]
City mulls changes to mobile truck regs, sets property tax levy By Larry Loughlarry@the woodstockindependent.com How, when, and where food trucks can operate in Woodstock will get a thorough review […]
By Larry Loughlarry@the woodstockindependent.com Development of the former Die Cast factory site will start over after Chicago Hubs Realty informed the city it could not obtain financing for its ambitious […]
By Susan W. Murray NEWS@THEWOODSTOCKINDEPENDENT.COM All places where people gather around food and drink open with great hopes for a long run. After 13 months in business, two such gathering […]
Man dies, 30+ people displaced when fire ravages northside apartments By Larry Loughlarry@the woodstockindependent.com Community efforts were organized quickly last week to help the more than 30 people who were […]
Endowment would establish a legacy for maintaining Opera House By Tricia Carzolinews@the woodstockindependent.com “We are planning for the future,” Friends of the Opera House president Peggy Hart said. On Nov. […]
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.
