Staff Report news@thewoodstockindependent.com Woodstock police arrested two people and confiscated two loaded handguns Tuesday night in the parking lot of a fast-food restaurant. Police said they arrested Marquise Murray, 18, […]
Electronics recycling event this weekend on Davis Road Electronics may be recycled this weekend at an event sponsored by the Rotary Club of Woodstock. Some items will involve handling and […]
In-school attendance jumped to more than 70 percent last week when Woodstock School District 200 began full-time classroom instruction for the first time this academic year. Full school days had […]
At its meeting last week, the Woodstock City Council took care of business – several businesses, in fact. As a result, Woodstock could get a new grocery store, additional liquor […]
Tuesday’s vaccine clinic at Willow Creek Community Church in Crystal Lake has been canceled after the Illinois Department of Health issued a notice that requires a pause on the use […]
Voting “anomalies” with paper ballots in the April 6 consolidated election in McHenry County meant that even unofficial results were not available until three days later. Shortly before 1 p.m. […]
Route 47 in Woodstock was closed for about two hours Thursday morning after a pickup truck ran into a utility pole. The Woodstock Fire/Rescue District responded at 7:39 a.m. to […]
Woodstock’s recently remodeled Metra depot will get a ribbon-cutting this week and, possibly, a new tenant in the near future – a butcher shop with a deli. The rehabilitation 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.
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