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Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jul 28, 2016
Rutherford County will establish a Mental Health Court by 2017, the Daily News Journal reports. The court will be organized under Recovery Court Director Trey King, with the goal of reducing people returning to crime and abusing drugs and alcohol. King said that General Sessions Court Judge Barry Tidwell will preside, with $140,000 in funding from the state paying to hire a therapist and two case workers.