By Eileen MillardNEWS@thewoodstockindependent.com Marengo Disposal Systems, the city’s waste hauler, has been delivering toters to meet the July 1 deadline for changes to the current system. Recycling toters being delivered […]
ByDanChamness news@thewoodstockindependent Ryan Jones, a Marengo resident and Marian Central Catholic graduate, was a steady top five scorer for the University of Illinois-Springfield Prairie Stars during the last five cross-country […]
By Eileen Millardnews@the woodstockindependent.com The D-200 Board of Education approved a contract with Usource Energy at the June 17 meeting to request proposals for a community solar subscription. The solar […]
Bridges found his fifth-graders’ growth ‘interesting, inquisitive’ By Janet Dovidio news@thewoodstockindependent.com After serving School District 200 for 31 years, teacher Steven Bridges is retiring after 10 years at Prairiewood Elementary […]
Cup of Wonder now open in Wonder Lake By Susan W. Murray news@thewoodstockindependent.com Wonder Lake resident Sarah Dycus had a lifelong dream of opening a coffee shop. One night, she […]
2013 Woodstock High School grad Ian Ordoñez is ordained to the priesthood By Tricia Carzoli news@thewoodstockindependent.com On Pentecost Sunday, St. Mary Catholic Church was completely dark with only the glow […]
Woodstock Shakespeare Players to present free Shakespeare in the Square StaffReport news@thewoodstockindependent.com Woodstock Shakespeare Players announced they’re back for a second season, and this year, not only have they partnered […]
By Larry Lough larry@thewoodstockindependent.com City officials have avoided a legal fight by negotiating the purchase price of a vacant lot on Jefferson Street that the city plans to use as […]
By Susan W. Murray NEWS@THEWOODSTOCKINDEPENDENT.COM The only item pulled from the County Board’s agenda for discussion at its June 17 meeting was the one that had already generated plenty of […]
Amid the epidemic of intolerance that has crept out of the nation’s capital the past few months and spread darkness to the political and social landscape of some states and […]
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.
