Each year, Woodstock School District 200 loses decades of experience when professionals retire, but two key figures in the district office who’ve been vital to the District’s success are celebrating […]
The track at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston radiated stifling heat for the IHSA 2A Boys Track & Field championships last Friday – enough that the start of the running […]
Asked whether he believed that he is helping to put Marian Central Catholic High School on the map as far as distance running, Peter Walsdorf had a very humble answer. […]
By Janet Dovidionews@thewoodstockindependent.com St. Mary physical education teacher Bob Slatter retired in May – for the second time.Slatter previously taught elementary and junior high PE in the Cary district for […]
By Janet Dovidionews@thewoodstockindependent.com Marian Central Catholic School staff and students bid farewell to physical education teacher Erin Carver, who retired after 30 years at the school.“Many students have been impacted […]
Twenty outstanding graduates from Woodstock and Woodstock North high schools have been named recipients of 2021 PRIDE Awards. The Board of Education of Woodstock School District 200 created the awards […]
Recent Woodstock North High School graduate Jason F. Thurow has been named a winner in the 2021 National Merit Scholarship Program. Thurow, salutatorian of the WNHS class of 2021, was […]
U.S. News and World Report has recognized Woodstock High School as a top 100 public high school in Illinois. Among more than 1,000 Illinois public high schools, Woodstock ranked 87th […]
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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