After years of on-again, off-again food-and-beverage providers operating in Woodstock’s train station, the city will have a different kind of tenant starting in April. Under a lease approved March 15 […]
With a five-minute video and a three-question survey, Woodstock School District 200 hopes to find out what the community thinks about combining the athletic programs of its two high schools. […]
Brad Ball, the new president and CEO of the Woodstock Area Chamber of Commerce and Industry, remembers being a third- or fourth-grader when his family lived in a Maryland suburb […]
You won’t need a lot of time to take the survey about whether Woodstock School District 200 should combine the athletic programs of Woodstock and Woodstock North high schools. Just […]
Woodstock native and longtime Thunder assistant coach Matthew Polnow has been chosen to lead the Woodstock North High School football program starting with the 2022 season. The hiring was approved […]
Bond issues totaling $19 million will help to finance two major projects in Woodstock’s immediate future – renovation of the Old Courthouse and Sheriff’s House, now underway, and the city’s […]
“It’s nice that this will finally be fully used,” said Michael Ervin, co-owner of Ethereal Confections, as he picked his way around construction debris during a tour of the Old […]
Napoli gets contract for concessions at city pool Napoli Pizza will pay the city of Woodstock $3,800 a year under a new three-year contract approved by the City Council to […]
U.S. Army Sgt. First Class Benjamin Booher was given the opportunity to put his roping talent on display in Texas, and he seized the moment. Despite not roping well at […]
Staff Report news@the woodstockindependent.com Nearly 100 people gathered Saturday to remember the 1982 mid-air explosion of a military plane that killed all 27 people northeast of Woodstock in Greenwood Township. […]
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.
