A resident and a dog escaped unharmed Friday morning from a house fire in the 100 block of Meadow Avenue, which left the home uninhabitable. Members of the Woodstock Fire/Rescue […]
How should Woodstock spend the $3.4 million it is getting through the pandemic-inspired American Rescue Plan from the federal government? How about something immediately visible, like a splash pad at […]
The news broke in the middle of this season’s Bears quarterback controversy. On Sept. 28, the Chicago Bears announced that the team had signed an agreement to buy Arlington International […]
Bull Valley’s own Operation Wild Horse has a starring role in the documentary “The Mustangs: America’s Wild Horses,” which releases this Friday nationwide and at Woodstock’s Classic Cinemas. The movie, […]
About a year from now, Woodstock should have 25 street segments newly rebuilt and/or resurfaced in an estimated $12 million resumption of the city’s enhanced street improvement program. The City […]
“Bright and clean” is the plan for renovations that closed the Woodstock Public Library for three days last week, library Director Nick Weber said. The structure at 414 W. Judd […]
Nobody from the public showed up last week to comment as the Woodstock School District 200 Board of Education approved a $115.7 million budget for the 2021-22 school year. What […]
Staff Report news@thewoodstockindependent.com Make it a double, doc: the COVID-19 vaccine and a flu shot. With the start of the flu season beginning this month, Dr. Laura Buthod, medical adviser […]
The unassuming retail space at 203 Main St. in Woodstock has notched another successful launch of a local business. In the past decade, the 600-foot storefront next to Classic Cinemas […]
Two vastly different scenes were being filmed Friday morning on the Square, but both production companies managed to wrap up work before the Marian Central High School homecoming parade came […]
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.
