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The Jack County Sheriff’s Office is set to provide school resource officers for all three school districts in the county for the upcoming school year. Jacksboro Independent School District, Bryson ISD and Perrin- Whitt Consolidated ISD each approved a memorandum of understanding that said their district will be responsible for half of the SROs’ salary and operating expenses at $70,000, with the county picking up the other half.

Bryson Independent School District opted to pay for employee insurance and approved stipends for the upcoming school year, a few ways to incentivize teacher retention in the district. “We’re one of the three districts in the region that pay 100% of the employee part of their insurance,” Bryson Superintendent Greg London said.

Don’t miss TNT Fest as Jacksboro throws it back to yesteryear on the courthouse square from 11 a.m. until dark Saturday, June 28, followed by a fireworks finale to end the day.

Jacksboro is looking to solve a flooding issue in the McCombs Street and S. Church Street area.

Following in the footsteps of her father, Ashley Barner is continuing a career in community journalism and will dive head first into news for the Jacksboro Herald-Gazette. Barnerpreviouslyworked at the Bosque County Today and The Clifton Record in Clifton where she was raised.

Jacksboro officials began the search for a new chief of police with the first round of interviews scheduled for last week, saying taxpayers deserved a police department. City council authorized City Manager Mike Smith to form a committee to conduct initial interviews and narrow the selection before sending final candidates to council members for review.

In need of a new school resource officer, Jacksboro ISD entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Jack County Sheriff’s Office for one of their deputies. JCSO Deputy Joey Highfill, who had been working in the schools to close the school year after former SRO Daniel Moody left the district, was hired to move into Moody’s position during the Monday, June 9 meeting.

The Texas Department of Transportation announced Thursday, June 5 that work on U.S. Highway 281 and U.S.

Workcontinuesatvarious phases on the Jacksboro ISD bond construction. JISD Superintendent Brad Burnett said overall the funding is about 50% complete with $23.3 million of the $47.07 million having been spent.