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DMC INVESTIGATIVE REPORT- SHERIFF’S OVERTIME RAN SIX TIMES OVER BUDGET BEFORE FISHER COUNTY’S YEAR-END CLEANUP

Jeff Hurt I

Thursday, May 28, 2026

Fisher County's year-end financial ledger shows the sheriff's sworn overtime lines closed fiscal year 2025 at $215,175 against an adopted overtime budget of $35,689 — more than six times the original budget.

CASE CLOSED - Fisher County votes to decommission jail, ending Texas Jail Commission oversight

Jeff Hurt, Editor

Thursday, December 18, 2025

Fisher County Commissioners voted last week to officially decommission the county jail, changing its status under the Texas Jail Commission, ending state oversight, and shifting any future reopening of the facility into what officials described as “new construction” territory under TCJS standards.

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PUBLISHER’S PERSPECTIVE

Patricia Hurt - Publisher

Thursday, October 23, 2025

I posted a video https://youtu.be/PVNeTKNPwKY after receiving a few phone calls regarding a few other videos we posted on the DMC’s social media accounts about public notices that appear to violate the law.

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Fisher County Notice of General Election

News Staff

Wednesday, October 14, 2020