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BRYSON – Hecate Energy officials announced their plans to utilize 7,000 acres along the Jack and Palo Pinto County line to build a solar energy plant and a battery storage facility. The announcement was made during the Bryson ISD board meeting Monday, Oct. 18.

A full house of onlookers from both Bryson and Graford ISDs watched a Zoom meeting between the board and Andrew Boggs, Hecate Vice President of Development. Boggs said the company has worked well with other school districts in the past, and is presently working with both Mart ISD and Riesel ISD on a similar project.

Trying to create awareness of domestic violence, Wise Hope Crisis Center hosted a candlelight vigil on the steps of the Jack County Courthouse Tuesday, Oct. 19.

Wise Hope Executive Director, Janice Watkins, said nearly 1,000 people in Jack, Wise and Montague Counties were assisted from Sept. 1, 2020 to Aug. 31, 2021. That is one in four women and one in seven men in those counties.

Watkins also said in Texas, 228 intimate partner homicides occurred in 2020.

“That’s 228 people that were once said ‘I love you’ to are now dead,” Watkins said.

A 48-year-old Jacksboro resident was found dead following a six-hour standoff the morning of Saturday, Oct. 16.

According to a press release, an officer from Jacksboro Police Department and a Jack County Sheriff’s Office deputy were dispatched to a residence in the 400 block of W. Mesquite on a domestic disturbance call. During the assault, two females were able to escape from the residence and meet officers near the Jack County Memorial Park.

After a discussion last meeting, Jack County Commissioners approved purchasing radios for the Jack County Jail during their Tuesday, Oct. 12 meeting.

The meeting was moved from Monday to Tuesday because of the Columbus Day holiday.

Head jailer, Brian Newby, said the radios they currently have don’t work in some areas of the jail, which could be an issue in a situation.

The Jack County Museum Association received a donation from Nelson and Sandy Oliver of a historic building this summer, along with a cash donation for building renovations.

The building is located at 200 W. Belknap in Jacksboro, and will be known as the Judy Rayborn Annex. Judy Rayborn was Sandy Oliver’s mother and was a resident of Jacksboro for many years until her death in April 2020.

There’s little more than a month left to enter the Jacksboro Chamber of Commerce Chilifest and Classic Car Show, set for the Jacksboro Square from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 13.

The car show starts at 11 a.m., with arrival and set up beginning at 10 a.m. Judging begins at 12:30 p.m. and awards will be announced at 1:30 p.m.

Jimy Parades was there for the hot dogs.

His sister, Olivia, was there to get her face painted.

Whatever the reason, a large enthusiastic crowd came out last Tuesday, Oct. 5 for the National Night Out event at Jacksboro Middle School. The event was designed as an opportunity for residents to meet with police, fire and first responders and find out more about what they do.