When the band Broken Robots starting filling the Park in the Square with its bass-heavy sound shortly after noon Sunday, about 100 people were milling around a dozen tables and […]
“There’s a big problem” of drug addiction in McHenry County, according to Bobby Gattone, executive director of New Directions Addiction Recovery Services based in Woodstock.State’s Attorney Patrick Kenneally described the […]
Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news.
Janet Dovidio has been a freelance correspondent for The Independent for eight years.
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