Recovery crews from Chicago Water & Fire Restoration were on the scene of Green Garden Chinese restaurant Tuesday afternoon after a morning accident closed the business. Yellow tape blocked off […]
Woodstock will have a new representative in the U.S. Congress next year, and the candidates on next week’s Election Day ballot represent a stark contrast. Incumbent Bill Foster, 67, from […]
Student test scores show improvement since taking a dive after the pandemic, state and local officials reported last week. Administrators in Woodstock School District 200 were especially pleased with reading […]
What will drive Woodstock’s voter turnout in this fall’s mid-term election? Maybe it will be a typical election in the middle of a Democratic president’s term and voters will lean […]
Recent change orders for renovation of the Old Courthouse and Sheriff’s House have added nearly $700,000 and two months to the project. The City Council last week authorized Bulley & […]
Woodstock’s fourth microbrewery has signed a lease for space in the historic Sheriff’s House starting next spring – or whenever construction manager Bulley & Andrews completes renovations to Old Courthouse […]
What new stores would you like to see in Woodstock? Retailers? Restaurants? What improvements does the city need to make in its facilities and services? Woodstock residents will soon have […]
Low interest rates in the fall of 2018 led the Board of Education to authorize the sale of bonds of up to $16 million to re-fund two 2010 construction bonds, […]
Two Blackhawk helicopters of the Illinois Army National Guard got public inspection after they landed Saturday morning at the Davis Road soccer fields in Woodstock. Guard personnel from Cook, Kane, […]
Maybe the third time will be the charm for a proposed solar farm along U.S. 14 on Woodstock’s far east side. New Leaf Energy, which was originally granted a special […]
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.
