One student has been arrested and police are hot on the trail of a second person they say was involved in recent threats of school violence in Woodstock. Checking available […]
No “video gaming cafés” will be approved in Woodstock, according to revised licensing rules approved by the City Council. But nobody seems to know exactly how to define such a […]
Last month, Michael Stanard emailed his clients to let them know that One Zero Charlie would soon close its doors. After 43 years of providing a full gamut of marketing […]
Members of the Woodstock Plan Commission love the idea of a banquet facility in a renovated Old Courthouse to host gatherings of up to 200 people. They voted 6-0 last […]
Woodstock Police said parents should not be concerned about the safety of their children in District 200 schools despite a rash of threats that were investigated last week. D-200 officials […]
DAR donates books, nooks to Home of the Sparrow Members of the Woodstock Kishwaukee Trail National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution have installed shelving and donated 600 […]
How would you feel about a water tower being erected on the Square, rising 68 feet above street level atop the building on the northeast corner of Jackson and Benton […]
Two-term U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood is still in the 14th Congressional District. But Woodstock is not. Although the district of the Democrat who has represented Woodstock for three years was […]
One local man celebrates 40 years of volunteering as Santa’s helper on the Woodstock Square. “Well, it’s actually 41 since I started in 1980,” John Cole said, “but I don’t […]
As any old house owner knows, remodeling can entail unpleasant surprises, delays, cost overruns, frustration, or headaches – and sometimes all of them. But remodeling also sends a signal 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.
Tricia Carzoli is a freelance writer and photographer that on community news.
