Students in Woodstock School District 200 could soon see start and dismissal times delayed by 25 minutes or up to an hour or more as administrators try to deal with […]
What does Woodstock Police Detective Dave Sharp remember most about investigating the crimes of child sex offender Richard F. Wachter? “The amount of human wreckage he left in his wake,” […]
Woodstock-area homes without working smoke detectors need to “Be Alarmed.” That’s the name of a statewide program that local homeowners can use to have the Woodstock Fire/Rescue District install new […]
Having committed sex crimes against minors two decades ago means a Woodstock man will serve less times in prison that he would for similar offenses today. Richard F. Wachter, 56, […]
Woodstock is looking for two new executive directors after a divided City Council Tuesday night voted to add those positions to a restructured city government. In the second meeting in […]
Woodstock is about to get the kind of nationwide exposure it hasn’t seen since “Groundhog Day” was released 30 years ago. “5G is putting a whole new Woodstock on the […]
Each year, the most somber part of the observance of International Overdose Awareness Day is the reading of the names of attendees’ family and friends who have died as the […]
Woodstock is the winner of T-Mobile’s “Hometown Techover,” which will provide the city with $3 million for connectivity enhancements in the downtown and lots of other technology goodies. After being […]
Woodstock officials call it a “performance-based property management program.” Yard signs around town call it a “tenant tax.” Whatever it is, City Council members are tentatively scheduled to consider it […]
Out with an ice cream shop, in with a brewery. Prospective tenants for the renovated Old Courthouse and Sheriff’s House have changed as the city of Woodstock negotiates space use […]
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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