Lions Club member Lynda Pack gets to go bags together during last year’s Fish Fry. This year’s event is scheduled for 5 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, June 9 on the east side of the courthouse. Tickets for dine in or to-go are $12. Tickets can be purchased at the event or through any Lions Club member. Meals include, fish, fries, hushpuppies, beans and tea. File photo
Residents needing to get their pets their rabies vaccination have a chance to do so this Saturday.
In Friday night ceremonies, Jacksboro High School’s Ex-Students Scholarship Committee Chair Jerry Craft addressed the graduates. He reminded them that the initial college scholarships awarded 32 years ago were two $1,000 scholarships.
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, Hamilton 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, and earned both a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English (2005) and a Masters Degree in Educational Administration (2016) from Tarleton State University. Hamilton and her husband, Jeffery, have two sons, Jaxon (6th grade) and Jenson (5th grade). Contributed photo
BRYSON – It doesn’t take long to change your life. In Windsor Godfrey’s case, it was 730 days.
Jacksboro Independent School District will be offering summer school for students needing to recover credits lost throughout the school year.
Valedictorian Elizabeth Mosley, right, and Salutatorian Savannah Thompson will lead the Jacksboro Class of 2022 during commencement ceremonies Friday night at 8 p.m. at Tiger Stadium. Photo/Brian Smith
Summer day camps, sponsored by the Jack County Extension Agent’s office, will start Monday, June 6.
BRYSON – While tabling some important items last night because of wanting to get the opinions of three missing board members, present board members gave their opinion of issues that will be voted on later this summer.
At approximately 4:13 a.m. Monday, May 9, Jacksboro Police Department officer Clayton Morris was dispatched to First State Bank in Jacksboro on a suspicious vehicle call. Communications personnel advised that a Faith Community Hospital Medic Crew had observed a Toyota Tacoma pickup with a chain hanging from the rear bumper. The truck was observed backed up to the ATM and was leaving First State Bank, traveling south on North Main Street at a high rate of speed. After a short vehicle pursuit, Officer Morris arrested Kenneth Taylor Harbert, 31, of Fort Worth. Harbert was subsequently charged with Evading Arrest Detention with a Vehicle, a state jail felony and Criminal Attempt Theft of Property, less than $300,000 ATM, a third degree felony. The bank thanked everyone for working together in such a professional and fast manner by providing gift certificates and gift cards to those involved. Contributed photo
