Young County Republicans met last week with their Jack County counterparts at a dinner at the Concerned Citizens Community Center in Jacksboro.
County Elections Supervisor Kaitlyn Mosley informed County Commissioners that election rules “are changing” and she may need extra funds in her fiscal year 2024 budget to pay poll workers for extended hours required by new state laws.
An Archer City woman died on June 18 after crashing her motorcycle into a street sign outside Wichita Falls, the Texas Department of Public Safety said. Rachel Michelle Wingo, 71, was pronounced dead at the crash site by Justice of the Peace Judy Baker, about six miles southwest of Wichita Falls on Farm-to-Market Road 171, DPS said in a statement.
Young County District Clerk Jamie Land asked County Commissioners for funds to scan historical records - dating back to the late 1800s - into the District Clerk’s database for public access rather than allowing the public to handle the fragile documents. The old handwritten civil lawsuits, divorces, and criminal cases are now tri-folded in shuck files and stored in the District Clerk’s storage room located in the attic of the Courthouse. “Landmen frequently come in to research and look at them,” Ms. Land said, adding that historians also use the original documents for research.
The City of Graham and Young County Commissioners have approved the consumption of alcohol in the Graham Town Square for a summer concert series.
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