Larry Lough

Eighteen months after beginning the process of updating Woodstock’s comprehensive plan for growth and development, city officials are ready to roll out a public draft of the document. City Council […]

About 80 students in Woodstock School District 200 reported an instance of bullying or dangerous behavior during the first semester this year – 76 percent involving middle school students. Administrators […]

You ought to think about writing a letter to the editor. Everybody should. There is so much in Woodstock to write about. When people call the editor to complain about […]

Staff Report news@the woodstockindependent.com Woodstock is getting even more millions in grants to upgrade facilities, this time $2.79 million to renovate the city’s 35-year-old Recreation Center plus $50,000 toward an […]

Demolition of the former Dwight’s Auto Body makes room for a traffic roundabout at Route 47 and McConnell Road as part of the state project to rebuild much of the highway through Woodstock. A car wash on the other side of McConnell had already been taken down to make room for the two-lane circular intersection, one of three planned as part of the project. (Independent photo by Ken Farver)

Even an election with more ballot vacancies than contested races is not enough to deter the most committed voters. As of last Wednesday afternoon – 13 days before Election Day […]

Placing two cameras to keep an eye on Main and Benton streets in the downtown is just the beginning of the Woodstock Police Department plan to improve security around the […]

Let me tell you something that is 100 percent accurate: The Woodstock Independent makes mistakes. Each Tuesday morning when the printer delivers the papers to our office, the editor knows […]

People who like the idea of a sculpture in the middle of Woodstock’s only traffic roundabout now have a way to support the project. Private fundraising is underway to supplement […]

City Council members are scheduled to make decisions this week on the controversial Riverwoods housing development on Woodstock’s east side, from annexation to rezonig to preliminary plat approval. To accommodate […]