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

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. Officials offered a simple explanation: too few deputies, too many calls, and too much area to cover in a county of roughly 900 square miles.The Double Mountain Chronicle tested th...