By State Rep. Steve Reick “The first lesson of economics is scarcity: There is never enough of anything to satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics […]
Schools have been in the news – or, at least, this local newspaper – for the past several weeks. It’s that time of year. The Independent has committed a lot of […]
By Cheryl Wormley What John Adams called illuminations, we call fireworks. The day after the members of the Second Continental Congress declared American independence, John Adams wrote to his wife, […]
By Richard Guebert Jr. Illinois farmers have wrapped up planting the No. 1 and No. 2 crops Illinois is known for, soybean and corn. While farmers markets and u-pick operations […]
Recent revisions to the plan for a housing development on the former Die Cast factory site should not surprise anyone. And we can expect more. Although development of the site […]
Since she was in elementary school, Morgen Neuhauser has been a writer. Back then Morgen wrote stories, and her best friend drew the art to illustrate what Morgen wrote. Fast-forward […]
By McKenna Sweet Guest Columnist Conservation does not solely mean never using your car or plastic ever again. Making slight changes in your weekly summer routines – at the bird […]
Maybe you avoided all of the state and national political drama that finally ended barely a week ago with no real damage from the harmless blows of typical partisan potshots. […]
The Independent needed an editor about 5½ years ago. Larry Lough applied. I looked him up online and recognized having seen him at Illinois Press Association events, so I called […]
Concerning what the editor calls Florida ‘culture wars’ I found Larry Lough’s article (Opinion, Declarations) on May 24 to be of questionable journalistic integrity and objectionable ideology. To begin, Mr. […]
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.
