As the AIDS epidemic swept through the United States in the 1980s, news coverage tended to focus on New York City and San Francisco. Largely ignored was the Chicago story, including a pioneering AIDS unit at Illinois Masonic Hospital (now Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center) that became a model for the nation. That story gets […]
On the same day that Zac Bleicher took the stage of the Woodstock Opera House to conduct audience members on a virtual tour of Chicago’s Glasner Studio, the Woodstock Fine Arts Association announced the line-up for the 2022-23 Creative Living Series. Despite the challenges that the COVID-19 pandemic placed on in-person events for two years, […]
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.
