Dr. Daryl Jackson, project director of the National Drug Court Institute, presents the plaque recognizing McHenry County's Drug Court as a Mentor Court to probation officer Karen Salas, who has worked with Drug Court participants since the program began in 2011. (Independent photo by Ken Farver)
The ceremony was brief, lasting just 15 minutes at the end of a Thursday morning. The setting was pedestrian, Courtroom 203 in the Michael J. Sullivan Judicial Center in Woodstock. […]
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Susan W. Murray wrote for The Independent, covering various beats, from 2005 to 2008, returning to the paper as a writer in 2018. A 26-year resident of Woodstock, she taught English, American history, and religion to junior high students at St. Mary School for nine years.
Susan W. Murray wrote for The Independent, covering various beats, from 2005 to 2008, returning to the paper as a writer in 2018. A 26-year resident of Woodstock, she taught English, American history, and religion to junior high students at St. Mary School for nine years.
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