Sixteen District 200 athletes represented Woodstock June 15 to 17 at the Special Olympics Illinois Summer State Games. They came home with medals around their necks and memories in their […]
In 490 B.C., according to legend, the Greek messenger Pheidippides ran 26 miles from the battlefield of Marathon to Athens, proclaimed “Victory!” against the Persians, and died on the spot. […]
At 2400 Lake Shore Drive along U.S. 14, in the building of the former Rendezvous Bistro, brothers John and Mark Koziol are hard at work bringing a Chicago staple to […]
Woodstock Dance Academy will celebrate its five-year anniversary with its first full-length ballet performance of “Hansel and Gretel” at the Woodstock Opera House is this coming weekend. Linda Pohlman, owner […]
Like most people of a certain age, I learned about Uber from my children, ages 19 to 30, the four of whom all live in or go to school in […]
Woodstock’s traditional fireworks display – reliably set on the Fourth of July – will come on a Wednesday this year. Fireworks provider this year is the Mad Bomber Fireworks Productions, […]
More than a dozen Woodstock area projects are part of an $11 billion state plan for road and bridge improvements for fiscal years 2019-2024. Nearly $69.5 million worth of work […]
The boot is back – this time in red, white and blue glory. After some 15 years in storage, the patriotic-looking boot is again out front of Woodstock Farm & […]
An outstanding softball season for a Woodstock North High School junior was recognized by the Kishwaukee River Conference when they named pitcher Ellie Thurow the KRC Softball Player of the […]
‘THE WANTING’ When: 7 p.m. Saturday, June 30 Where: Woodstock Opera House 121 Van Buren St. $18 815-338-5300 woodstockoperahouse.com On a snowy December night in Paris in 2008, friends Travis […]
Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news.
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