Do your part for democracy
March 7, 2023
By Cheryl Wormley This week, my husband, Jim, and I have been talking about the importance of people voting in local elections. He even suggested I write Declarations on the […]
By Cheryl Wormley This week, my husband, Jim, and I have been talking about the importance of people voting in local elections. He even suggested I write Declarations on the […]
By Ingrid Gay Dear Generation Z: Lazy, apathetic, and obsessed with our phones. That is how many older generations view my generation, Gen Z. We are perceived as not caring […]
Last week The Independentpublished its Voters Guide, which contains information we hope will help people to make decisions about which candidates to vote for in the Nov. 3 election. That wasn’t […]
Vote-by-mail ballots go out this week; early voting gets underway
As the guy who oversees the voting process in McHenry County, Clerk Joe Tirio will tell you he has never voted by mail. “I get a patriotic shot in the […]
Mary McClellan’s last election as McHenry County clerk will be something new for voters: a new $2 million voting system. “We’ve updated everything,” McClellan said of the new touch-screen voting […]
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.
