The team earned 12 gold and nine silver medals By Kevin Lyons District 200 The Special Olympics Team of Woodstock School District 200 triumphantly marched through Prairiewood and Creekside schools […]
By Steve Peterson news@thewoodstockindependent.com Woodstock Class of 2026 member Matthew Cress and Marian Central’s Dan French were selected to participate in the 52nd Annual Illinois Shrine All-Star Football Game at […]
By Steve Peterson news@thewoodstockindependent.com The Illinois Softball Coaches Association (ISCA) announced its all-state selections after the state softball finals were concluded. Marian Central pitcher senior Christine Chmiel earned a Class […]
North grad Braelan Creighton: ready for track, life’s challenges By Steve Peterson news@thewoodstockindependent.com As graduates from the Class of 2026 leave high school behind, they are riding off into the […]
WN’s Landan Creighton shines in Sun ConferenceChampionship By Dan Chamness Landan Creighton, a Woodstock North graduate and St. Thomas University Bobcat junior, showed just how powerful he is at The […]
All that’s new: openings, closings, moves, ownership changes By Susan W. Murray news@thewoodstockindependent.com Nearly seven months after a roof collapse at Thompson’s Appliance at 318 Clay St., Gavers Asphalt Paving […]
Running June 19 through 28 at the Woodstock Opera House, Theatre 121 will present “Rock of Ages,” a musical with “big hair, big dreams, and big ’80s energy,” according to […]
By Janet Dovidio news@thewoodstockindependent.com The District 200 Education Foundation has awarded funds to one choir needing specialized instruments. Megan Kim, music teacher and choir director at Woodstock North High School, […]
WHS Principal Art Vallicelli moves on after 21 years in District 200By Eileen Millard news@thewoodstockindependent.com The end of the 2025-26 school year was also the end of 21 years at […]
Take some time to look over the 140-page draft of a new Downtown Development Plan and you will see the consultants with The Lakota Group got to know the city […]
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.
