Halloween activities start around the Square Monday Look for costumed kids around Woodstock on Halloween, Monday, Oct. 31. Halloween on the Square will include the costume contest starting at 4:15 […]
“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 […]
No one cheers when reporting that McHenry County had 42 opioid overdose deaths (with two more pending toxicology reports) in 2021. But knowing that the number of overdose deaths in […]
Sober living house rebuilds lives
What are we doing right in pandemic?
Jerry. Ryan. Jessica. Frank. Names were shouted out, one after the other. Mike. Amy. Nate. Anthony. Some people would offer the names of two, three, four people they had known. […]
Postponed for a month because of relentless winter weather, the State of Addiction in McHenry County forum held news that was worth waiting for. For the second consecutive year, the […]
Overdose deaths down by a third; OD-reversal drug nalaxone credited
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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