Jacksboro Newspapers

Former youth pastor found guilty of child sexual assault

Ronald Starkey, 40, was found guilty of aggravated sexual assault of a child under 14 Thursday afternoon and was sentenced to 50 years in prison and assessed a fine of $10,000 by a 12-member Jack County jury. Following closing arguments Thursday...

Chief battles raid rumors

Editor's note: In the printed version of this article, the word "not" was left out of the sentence concerning JPD's stance on racial profiling and discrimination. It has been corrected in the online version and will be noted with a correction in the...

Fort Richardson Days continue tomorrow

Fort Richardson State Park kicked off Fort Richardson Days with more than 1,000 area students visiting the fort Friday. Historical re-enactors demonstrated cannon firing, cooking, games, weaving, livestock keeping and more late 1800s-style. Fort...

Council to consider 8-liner zoning

Where should 8-liner machines be zoned in Jacksboro? Jacksboro City Council members and staff discussed adding 8-liner machines to its zoning permitted use chart. City Manager Mike Smith said they overlooked the machines when reworking the city’s...

Carpentry class to begin next year

Jacksboro ISD is moving forward with adding carpentry to its available career and technology education programs. At the school board meeting Monday, Jacksboro High School Principal Brad Burnett reported several students will visit the North Texas...

Churches formally reunite to move into the future

After 215 years of separation, a new purpose and unity is leading three protestant denominations to reunite. Like churches across the nation from Hawaii to Illinois, the Jacksboro Parish, formed by the separate local congregations of the...

News Stories

Former youth pastor found guilty of child sexual assault

Ronald Starkey, 40, was found guilty of aggravated sexual assault of a child under 14 Thursday afternoon and was sentenced to 50 years in prison and assessed a fine of $10,000 by a 12-member Jack C

By Cherry Rushin

Chief battles raid rumors

Editor's note: In the printed version of this article, the word "not" was left out of the sentence concerning JPD's stance on racial profiling and discrimination.

By Cherry Rushin

Fort Richardson Days continue tomorrow

Fort Richardson State Park kicked off Fort Richardson Days with more than 1,000 area students visiting the fort Friday.

By Cherry Rushin

Sports

Six JHS track athletes qualify for regionals

Six Jacksboro athletes qualified for the Region I-3A Meet in Abilene next weekend.

JMS 8 girls 2nd in district track

BOYD – JMS’ 8th-grade girls track team closed its season on a strong note with a second-place finish at the District Zone

Boys win, girls fall to Bowie

On Senior Night for the Jacksboro softball team, the Tigerettes gave it all they had but a pair of early errors hurt the

Obituaries

Charles Alvin Ross

After a month-long fight with heart problems, Charles Alvin Ross passed away from this life, with his daughter by his side, April 8, 2018 in Wichita Falls, Texas, at the age of 75.