  Let $X=\{X_j , j\ge 1\}$ be a sequence of independent, square integrable
variables taking values in a common lattice $\mathcal L(v_{ 0},D )= \{v_{
k}=v_{ 0}+D k , k\in \Z\}$.
  Let $S_n=X_1+\ldots +X_n$, $a_n= {\mathbb E\,} S_n$, and $\s_n^2={\rm
Var}(S_n)\to \infty$ with $n$. Assume that for each $j$, $\t_{X_j} =\sum_{k\in
\Z}{\mathbb P}\{X_j=v_k\}\wedge{\mathbb P}\{X_j=v_{k+1}\}>0$. Using the
Bernoulli part, we prove a general sharp correlation inequality extending the
one we obtained in the i.i.d.\,case in \cite{W3}: Let $0<\t_j\le \t_{X_j}$ and
assume that $ \nu_n =\sum_{j=1}^n \t_j \, \uparrow \infty$, $n\to \infty$.
  Let $\k_j\in \mathcal L(jv_0,D)$, $j=1,2,\ldots$ be a sequence of integers
such that
  \begin{equation*} {\rm(1)}\qquad\frac{\kappa_j-a_j}{\s_j}=\mathcal O(1 ),
\qq\quad {\rm(2)}\qquad \s_j \,{\mathbb P}\{S_j=\kappa_j\} ={\mathcal O}(1).
  \end{equation*}
  Then there exists a constant $C $
  such that for all $1\le m<n$, \begin{align*}
  \s_n&\s_m \, \Big|{\mathbb P}\{S_n=\k_n, S_m=\k_m\}- {\mathbb P}\{S_n=\k_n
\}{\mathbb P}\{ S_m=\k_m\} \Big|
  \cr & \,\le \, \frac{C}{D^2}\, \max \Big(\frac{\s_n
}{\sqrt{\nu_n}},\frac{\s_m }{\sqrt {\nu_m}} \Big)^3 \,\bigg\{ \nu_n^{1/2}
\prod_{j=m+1}^n\vartheta_j + {\nu_n^{1/2} \over
  (\nu_n-\nu_m) ^{3/2}}+{ 1\over \sqrt{{\nu_n\over \nu_m}}-1} \bigg\}.
  \end{align*} We derive a sharp almost sure local limit theorem
