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DELAWARE COUNTY, PA Delaware County officials last week announced the reformation of the county s Heroin Task Force to be a more inclusive substance abuse group.
District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer and Sandra Garrison, the Director of the County s Department of Human Services, announced last week said the county s Heroin Task Force has been reshaped to be the Delaware County Substance Abuse & Recovery Task Force.
In making their announcement, Stollsteimer and Garrison noted that while the Heroin Task Force had played a vitally important role in the early years of the opioid epidemic, much had been learned about the issue of substance abuse and recovery since 2012.
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Lubbock has lost a distinguished judge, leader, and friend with the death of Texas 72nd District Court Judge Ruben Reyes, County Judge Curtis Parrish said. Reyes died from complications of COVID-19. He was 56. Throughout his tenure, he was known for his judicial fairness, and for his unwavering advocacy for specialty courts, including the Lubbock County Drug Court, Parrish said in a statement. His support of specialty courts was recognized nationally, as he was elected to chair the National Association of Drug Court Professionals in 2015.
Governor Perry appointed Reyes to the bench in 2006. He was then a partner at Hurley, Reyes and Guinn. The Honorable Judge Reyes won re-election multiple times since then, to the court that covers both Lubbock and Crosby counties.Â