Food Shed Co-op receives $200,000 federal grant Food Shed Co-op was among 134 recipients of grants totaling $22.6 million through the 2021 round of the Targeted Small Grants Program of […]
Holiday traffic enforcement underway Motorists are warned that a “Click It or Ticket” traffic enforcement campaign around the Memorial Day holiday has begun with the goal of urging seat belt […]
Last year’s retirement of a deputy chief with 22 years of experience has led to what Chief John Lieb calls an “evolution” of the Woodstock Police Department. When Jeffrey Parsons […]
Woodstock will spend $28,500 this year – and $22,500 every year thereafter – for what police say is an important tool needed to combat a trend of out-of-towners driving here […]
Woodstock Police have hit a technical roadblock in their search for a second person responsible for recent threats of violence in School District 200. Police arrested a student on a […]
New school resource officers are now patrolling the hallways of Woodstock and Woodstock North high schools. Officers Lucas Schmidt and Spenser Svehla began their new assignments in January, replacing Detective […]
Woodstock’s most popular forum for discussion of local issues – The Independent’s Facebook page – reflects the interests of the thousands of people who interact with the digital platform. Guessing […]
One student has been arrested and police are hot on the trail of a second person they say was involved in recent threats of school violence in Woodstock. Checking available […]
Woodstock Police said parents should not be concerned about the safety of their children in District 200 schools despite a rash of threats that were investigated last week. D-200 officials […]
Asked last summer about adding a social worker to the Woodstock Police Department to support the work of his officers, Chief John Lieb expressed support for the concept but was […]
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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