By Paige Lambert

Kristopher Silva walked out of his last meeting with the Veterans Court, thinking about his completion of the strenuous program. It marked a victory over the anger, substance abuse and other issues that arose after serving overseas.

Silva and four other veterans graduated from the Veterans Court program in Hays County in early September. This marked the first successes within the infant program.

Alan Cameron, AMVETS Post 115 veteran services officer, said the state legislature crea...