By Steve Peterson news@thewoodstockindependent.com Woodstock’s girls basketball team gained two more wins in splitting four games at the Round Lake Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Tournament. The Blue Streaks beat […]
By Steve Peterson news@thewoodstockindependent.com The Woodstock boys bowling squad advanced to the IHSA Sectional after finishing second at the Belvidere Regional. Competing at Don Carter Lanes in Rockford, the Blue […]
By Steve Peterson news@thewoodstockindependent.com Woodstock District 200 swimmers hosted the District 155 co-op team Jan. 15. The best event for the home team was the 100-yard breaststroke, which had three […]
By Kevin Lyons District 200 Woodstock High School has inducted four new individuals to the Blue Streaks Athletics Hall of Fame for their outstanding contributions to Blue Streaks sports. This […]
By Steve Peterson news@thewoodstockindependent.com Conference standings have taken over the basketball landscape, which had an interesting week for Woodstock boys hoops squads. WHS defeates Sandwich Woodstock celebrated leaders’ past accomplishments […]
Gewalt competes at U.S. Figure Skating Championships; local skaters root from stands By Tricia Carzoli news@thewoodstockindependent.com eam U.S.A. figure skater Brooke Gewalt competed at the 2026 Prevagen U.S. Figure Skating […]
By Steve Peterson news@thewoodstockindependent.com The Woodstock boys bowling team made it a perfect regular season as they won the Fox Valley Conference-Kishwaukee River Conference Alliance (FVC-KRC) championship at Kingston Lanes […]
By Steve Peterson news@thewoodstockindependent.com A Woodstock freshman girls basketball player gained experience going up against some of the best European hoops players over winter break. Alex Nowacki earned the spot […]
Blue Streaks boys, Thunder girls earn wins By Steve Peterson news@thewoodstockindependent.com Woodstock bowling fans enjoyed gathering at Kingston Lanes to see all four prep bowling squads take to the lanes. […]
By Steve Peterson news@thewoodstockindependent.com A strong start and finish led Marian Central’s girls basketball team to its third victory. The Hurricanes topped Prairie Ridge 42-34 in the final game of […]
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.
