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Jacksboro city officials extended its tornado disaster declaration for another 30 days as part of its Monday, June 13 meeting.

Jacksboro’s Festival, TNT Fest, is this weekend.

In a container beside my bed are four remote controls. Each of them has a special job and will not cross over and do the job of the other. Of course, there are two controls for the television, but the “big” control is for the television only… the other is the DirectTV control that brings on the news, shows sports, and cost me about a hundred dollars a month. The other television remote (which is red) controls the source of special entertainment… Netflix, Prime, and such. Remote number four is small, thin, and has no numbers or words. Manipulation of arrows will control the moveable parts of my bed. This is an important remote which is not just for Kings and Princes anymore.

State Comptroller Glenn Hegar last week released his agency’s plan to support the expansion of broadband internet access to areas with limited or no access. Hegar and his agency’s Broadband Development Office received feedback through a series of town halls, virtual discussions and more than 16,000 responses to a survey.

The collective “whoosh” sweeping across the nation this month is the sound of school leaders exhaling, most of them having awarded diplomas, seen graduates throw caps skyward and watch them depart--ready or not--to face the great unknown.

Youth in grades 6-8 were “challenged” to learn some life lessons during Jack County STOMP’s Xtreme Challenge camp.

The new principal of Jacksboro Middle School will be Jackie Hamilton. Hamilton is currently serving as an Assistant Principal at Stephenville High School. Before becoming an administrator, she taught high school English Language Arts and Reading at Glen Rose, Granbury, South Grand Prairie, and Poolville. Hamilton graduated from Millsap High School in 2001. She earned both a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English and a Masters Degree in Educational Administration from Tarleton State University. Hamilton and her husband, Jeffery, have two sons, Jaxon (6th grade) and Jenson (5th grade). Contributed photo