By Steve Peterson news@thewoodstockindependent.com The Woodstock North girls volleyball squad has turned back Kishwaukee River Conference challengers Johnsburg and Richmond-Burton to take first place in the league, standing at 5-0. […]
Caden Thompson, a senior at Woodstock High School, is a third-year varsity quarterback for the Blue Streaks. He started the season with a 67% completion rate and has thrown seven […]
By Susan W. Murray NEWS@THEWOODSTOCKINDEPENDENT.COM There’s no sign on the front lawn, so the other shoe dropped quietly for the remaining residents of Hearthstone Communities as the buildings on 15 […]
By SUSAN W. MURRAY NEWS@THEWOODSTOCKINDEPENDENT.COM When the news broke on Aug. 4 that Hearthstone Manor and Hearthstone Village were closing, there was no announcement about Hearthstone’s Early Learning Center that […]
By Juel Mecklenberg news@thewoodstockindependent.com Woodstock High School boys soccer hosted the annual Jacob Norys Memorial Tournament Sept. 5 and 6 with schools from around the Northwest suburbs. The champion team […]
Staff Report The Woodstock High School football team traveled to Harvard Sept. 12 to play their first conference game of the season. A 27-20 win over the Hornets pushed the […]
By Steve Peterson news@thewoodstockindependent.com WNHS’s season began with an easy 68-0 home win over Elmwood Park to start new head coach Jeremy Homuth’s era well. In the second non-conference game, […]
By Janet Dovidionews@thewoodstockindependent.com In 2024, the food pantry had to turn away 81,000 pounds of donated food, valued at $157,261, from local grocers and stores because of lack of inventory […]
By Larry Loughlarry@thewoodstockindependent.com Two presentations on developing the long-vacant Die Cast factory site in Woodstock will be presented to the City Council next week by Chicago-area developers. Council members will […]
First single-home buyers in Riverwoods are familiar faces By Susan W. Murray news@thewoodstockindependent.com “I have always wanted to build a home,” said Katie Springborn. A teacher at Creekside Middle School, […]
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.
