“This is such a wonderful Christmas gift,” Dorothy Clark, a Wonder Lake resident for four decades, exclaimed as she watched dozens of men and women take down the overgrowth that […]
Year-end figures compiled by Midwest Real Estate Data for 2017 show real estate sales in Woodstock continue to rise and the average sales price is on an upswing as well. […]
There is a mental health crisis facing the nation’s colleges, but Woodstock resident Dr. Philip K. McCullough and his daughter Kristen M. Granchalek, a licensed clinical social worker, believe that […]
Richard Cahan and Michael Williams will be the featured presenters for the January edition of the Woodstock Fine Arts Association’s Creative Living Series at the Woodstock Opera House, 121 Van […]
A week after several Marian Central Catholic High School engineering students visited St. Mary Catholic School, the St. Mary students were tasked with putting what they learned to the test. […]
Woodstock School District 200 will sell its administrative office building on Judd Street, a move which follows one of the recommendations from a committee formed to review the district’s use […]
A 15-year veteran of the Woodstock Police Department was promoted to deputy chief of police this fall, making him the second person currently holding that rank in the department. Deputy […]
St. Mary School seventh-grader Rian Mecklenburg proved one person can make a difference in the lives of many when he organized a neighborhood food drive, netting 829 pounds of […]
Santa’s elves had a little help in the Woodstock and Wonder Lake area last week as thousands of volunteers worked to make the Christmas season a little brighter for families […]
Remains found in rural Jefferson County could be connected to the disappearance of a Woodstock woman, authorities announced Dec. 14. More than seven years after Woodstock’s Benedetta “Beth” Bentley went […]
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.
