Jack County News

Parker County Precinct 2 Commissioner Joe Brinkley has already put Parker County Transportation Bond money to work with major road work being completed on two county roads in his precinct.

By MELODY McDONALD A 21-year-old Army National Guardsman on leave from Iraq was in the Jack County Jail on Monday, accused of manslaughter in the shooting death of a friend's brother.Police said Daniel Earl Nelson XI recklessly shot John Ruben Harris, 19, early Friday during an altercation at a house in Jacksboro, a small town about 60 miles ...

Storm spotters reported at least three tornado touchdowns in Jack and Parker counties, west of Dallas-Fort Worth as another complex of storms moved across North Texas.

Bonnie Marie Pacey, 40, of Mineral Wells, was arrested Friday night after reportedly trying to run over another individual.

A celebration of life and hope turned tragic Saturday morning with the death of one of the Relay for Life organizers.

The seventh annual Pioneer Day sponsored by the Jack County Museum is set for 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday at the Jack County Museum, 241 W. Belknap in Jacksboro.

A Jack County man died Thursday evening at a Fort Worth hospital after he was severely hurt earlier in a two-vehicle wreck near Jacksboro.

Emergency responders work to get Larry Wayne Dudley out of his vehicle after a head-on accident with a dump truck Wednesday morning.

James P. Potter, 66, of Fort Worth died Tuesday, May 5, 2009, in Forth Worth. Service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Baker Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Fort Worth.

Exterra Energy Inc. , Amarillo, Texas, plans to acquire interests in the Newark East Barnett shale in Parker and Jack counties, Texas, from an undisclosed seller for approximately $336,000 in stock.

Texas A&M Agrilife Extension regional crop reports for April 22: CENTRAL: Soil moisture was short to adequate throughout the region after some good rains.

This aerial view looking east from Archer County shows just a small fraction of the approximately 112,000 acres burned in North Texas during last weeka s wildfires.

FORT WORTH, TX Beginning at 1 p.m. on Monday, Red Cross client caseworkers will meet with affected families in Montague County at a Volunteer Organizations Active in Disaster Assistance Center located at the Montague Volunteer Fire Department, 1000 Grand St., Montague TX 76251.

FEMA is in Jack County today helping victims from those wildfires. Multimedia Watch The Video They'll be set up until dark along with more than a dozen other agencies.

Firefighters begin to slow blazes Firefighters made progress in their bid to control a 15,000-acre wildfire that destroyed homes and forced the evacuation of the residents of Wheeler, a small Panhandle town.

Four active fires kept Young County fire crews busy Thursday and Friday, according to Jerry David, assistant fire chief for the Graham Fire Department.

A 16-year-old girl from North Richland Hills died Thursday in a wreck in Jack County, a highway patrol trooper said.

High winds and dry conditions today fed numerous wildfires -- forcing several cities to evacuate residents from homes, schools and a nursing home -- across parts of Texas.

It was a roller coaster ride for parts of Texas: warm days, then cold, then warm again, with moisture coming sometimes in the form of snow, sometimes rain or sleet, according to Texas AgriLife Extension Service personnel.

By Libby Cluett lcluett@mineralwellsindex.com JACK COUNTY - To some, Saturday looked like a clear day with an odd thunderhead above the northern horizon.