The Grayson County Fiscal Court is looking to pass an ordinance in the coming months to regulate local recovery residences.
During the fiscal court’s April meeting, held last Thursday evening, more than a dozen local residents attended to express their concern over the opening of Life’s Journey Recovery, a new sober living facility in the Wax community.
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