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August 21, 2023
By Cheryl Wormley Think of the barrage of news you dealt with this past week. What news would you say was most important to you? For me it was the […]
By Cheryl Wormley Think of the barrage of news you dealt with this past week. What news would you say was most important to you? For me it was the […]
By Maxwell Parrish From Niagara Falls to Tanzania, St. Louis to Michigan, Woodstock’s high schoolers traveled and enjoyed many things this summer – before classes resumed last week. So, I […]
Woodstock would be fortunate to have any one of the tenants who will occupy space in the Old Courthouse Center. To have them all is further evidence of Woodstock’s magic. […]
By Cheryl Wormley Like a frog in a kettle of water is what best describes how I am feeling. I didn’t notice the fire under the kettle, and now the […]
Friends of the Old Courthouse Following the success of the Week in the Life of McHenry County photo book, the Friends of the Old Courthouse board is working on its […]
Five years ago, the Woodstock City Council approved a special use permit for Borrego Solar Systems to build a solar farm at U.S.14 and Lily Pond Road on the city’s […]
By Cheryl Wormley Start with the headline and add “but today is National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day.” Those were the first words of the text Denise Graff Ponstein, my friend […]
Gun possession is why we remain a free nation The Independent’s opinion column of July 19 illustrated an incredibly dangerous reaction that would have devastating circumstances for our country. Understandable […]
McHenry County Sheriff Robb Tadelman took the high road in his statement about the recent decision by the Illinois Supreme Court to uphold Illinois’ new SAFE-T Act, which eliminates the […]
Newspapers are not always good at explaining why they do what they do. Because a newspaper is unlike any other business in the community, people sometimes don’t understand the decisions […]
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.