By Cheryl Wormley Were it not for COVID-19, this would be a back-to-school column. It would include reminders about stopping for school buses and watching for children walking to school. […]
Celebrating all month for U.S. Women’s Suffrage Thanks so much for the article about our 35th Annual Woodstock Folk Festival – Reimagined. We received many favorable comments from people near […]
No one can doubt that we all will remember the summer of 2020. The summer of face masks, social distancing, and extra hand washing. Here it is, August already, and […]
By Cheryl Wormley Combatting COVID is tiresome. Illinois seemed to be on the right track until July 26, when the number of deaths started to rise again. The uptick nationally […]
We are fortunate to have our public safety forces Dear First Responders: I would like to thank Lt. Williams of the Woodstock Fire Department and the other first responders who […]
Face mask, or bare faced? Dining inside, or outside? Sports, or no sports? With less than two weeks from the first day of the new school year in Woodstock, the […]
By Cheryl Wormley “Good Morning to everyone around the world!” wrote my friend Di in an email I received Thursday morning. Di lives with her husband, Richard, in South Africa. […]
Reasons to remember to vote this November Jesus said, in his gospel, “Suffer the little children unto me.” President Trump allowed children to be kept in cages, run by his […]
You didn’t think this would be easy, did you – like a wide-open layup, a chip-shot field goal, a can of corn to left field, a gimme putt? Despite the […]
Graduates of Woodstock and Woodstock North high schools will receive their diplomas this weekend. Each graduate was given the option of an outdoor graduation experience with 40 peers, a drive-up […]
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.
