When members of Key Club at Marian Central Catholic High School decided to ”Tackle Hunger,” they made it an all-out blitz. The food drive at the school’s first home football […]
If Woodstock’s Jack Berry becomes the next great American toy tycoon, he will owe it in part to the kids in the Woodstock Parks and Recreation Department summer playground program […]
Woodstock schools are likely to have an increased police presence when classes resume Aug. 16. The D-200 School Board was expected to formalize a request Tuesday night for a second […]
Marian administrators, teachers, current and former students – and even some of their parents – came together May 19 to celebrate the retirement of Marian’s beloved band and choral director, […]
Graduation ceremonies will take place at Woodstock North High School, Woodstock High School, and Marian Central Catholic High School over the course of the next nine days. Thus will commence […]
Looking for a last-minute graduation gift before the ceremonies this weekend? You might try an umbrella. It’s been a rainy couple of weeks. And weather might not cooperate with outside […]
Good things come in small horses. Life-skills classes and second-grade students at Greenwood Elementary School got a small surprise from Mane in Heaven Miniature Therapy Horses, from Barrington. “It was […]
Adding a second police resource officer to Woodstock School District 200 is an idea that interests the school board. But members want more details. At its meeting April 10, the […]
For Woodstock North High School softball coach Nikole (Schulty) Guenter, love of the sport has come full circle. The former Woodstock High School softball standout is now a head coach […]
Woodstock High School basketball has found itself in a rare place with matching record-setting, long-range shooters on each of its varsity teams. Evan Bridges for the boys and Camryn Tafoya […]
Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news.
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