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Left - Porsha Winfrey, award winner. Right - Judge Kimberly A. Childs, presenter.

Justice May 6, 2025

Porsha Winfrey receives Excellence in Legal Administration Award

Left – Porsha Winfrey, award winner. Right – Judge Kimberly A. Childs, presenter (photo courtesy of Cobb County) Porsha Winfrey, the coordinator of Cobb County’s Drug Treatment Court, received the…

Group photo of five graduates of the Cobb County Drug Treatment Court holding their certificates

Cobb County April 10, 2025

Cobb County Drug Treatment Court Celebrates Six Graduates

The Cobb County Drug Treatment Court recently held a graduation ceremony honoring six individuals who completed the intensive rehabilitation program. The event, held in the Cobb Superior Court Ceremonial Courtroom,…

A smiling woman holds flowers and a certificate from Cobb Mental Health Court

Justice March 13, 2025

Alternative to imprisonment: Cobb Mental Health Court graduates 5

Photos provided by Cobb County government Cobb County announced that Superior Court Judge Ann B. Harris presided over the graduation of five new participants in Mental Health Court. Judge Ann…

photo of Cobb Superior Court building from the front with a blue sky with clouds in the background

Cobb County February 22, 2025

Cobb’s Drug Treatment Court designated an All Rise Mentor Court

The Cobb County Drug Treatment Court was designated an All Rise Mentor Court. According to a news release from Cobb County, its Drug Treatment Court was one of ten selected…

Cobb County November 16, 2024

The Cobb County Drug Treatment Court hosted its 4th Annual “Be Grateful” Dinner

The Cobb County Drug Treatment Court hosted its 4th Annual “Be Grateful” Dinner. The Drug Treatment Court is one of Cobb County’s accountability courts, created to provide alternatives to incarceration…

A group photo of graduates from Cobb Drug Treatment Court along with court staff and Cobb Commission JoAnn Birrell

Cobb County October 11, 2024

Cobb Drug Treatment Court holds graduation ceremony

The photo above courtesy of Cobb County government: From left, Coordinator Porsha Winfrey, Judge Kimberly Childs, DTC Graduate Hellyn B., Case Manager Kelly Miller, DTC Graduate Wilbert S., DTC Graduate…

A group photo with two men getting certificates in the center. Three women Superior Court officials flank the men

Cobb County July 11, 2024

Cobb County Drug Treatment Court celebrates two new graduates

Photo provided by Cobb County The Cobb County Drug Treatment Court celebrated two new graduates. This accountability court is set up to provide an alternative to incarceration for people with…

Elections May 22, 2024

Broady loses to primary challenger Allen in Cobb DA race

With the unofficial results in, Cobb County District Attorney Flynn Broady Jr. has apparently been unseated in the Democratic Primary by challenger Sonya Allen. Since there is no Republican challenger…

Opinion May 20, 2024

Recognizing Mental Health Month by increasing access to mental healthcare

By Melanie Dallas, LPC May is Mental Health Month, an observance that obviously has special meaning for those of us in the mental health field. Indeed, at Highland Rivers Behavioral…

Justice May 11, 2024

Cobb’s Mental Health Court celebrates three new graduates

Cobb Superior Court Judge Ann B. Harris recently led the graduation ceremony for three individuals from the Cobb County Mental Health Court (MHC). The ceremony was attended by officials, attorneys,…

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