Tribune News Service columnist Heidi Stevens to speak at Opera House By Eileen Millard news@thewoodstockindependent.com Heidi Stevens has been a columnist for the Chicago Tribune since 1998, perhaps best known […]
When I retired 16 months ago, my husband, Jim, gently suggested I consider gathering my columns about family into a book. I didn’t take to the idea at first, but […]
By Alex Vucha On Wednesday, April 9, 2025, at 8:59 p.m., the Woodstock Fire/Rescue District responded to Creekside Middle School, 3201 Hercules Road, for a reported structure fire. Initial reports […]
Citizens of Woodstock are understandably divided over the city’s legal hardball to take private property for public parking a block off the Square. The city undeniably needs more parking in […]
By Larry Loughlarry@the woodstockindependent.com Woodstock is still a week away from learning who won the third seat on the City Council in the April 1 Consolidated Election. Incumbents Bob Seegers […]
By Larry Loughnews@the woodstockindependent.com Taking care of business was the main business of last week’s meeting of the Woodstock City Council. At the request of the Food Shed Co-op grocery […]
New owners at Oney’s; cannabis store Terrabis opens; people on the move By Susan W. Murray news@thewoodstockindependent.com While most weeks The Woodstock Independent concentrates on a single business story, there’s […]
By Tricia Carzoli news@thewoodstockindependent.com When Marian Central Catholic High School senior Colin Zecchin was in third grade, he stepped onstage for the first time and has never looked back. Zecchin […]
Metra officials were in Woodstock this March just as they were in March 2024, with their maps and charts, explaining plans for a new layover yard and maintenance facility off […]
April, National Poetry Month, is here again, a time to celebrate verse and its importance in our culture. Introduced in 1996, the occasion is observed each year by the Academy […]
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.
