Jeanna Parks

TWO FISHER COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES RECEIVED MORE THAN TWICE THEIR REGULAR PAY IN OVERTIME

Fisher County paid two sheriff’s deputies $321,206 in overtime

Jeff Hurt I

Thursday, June 4, 2026

The first article in this series examined the budget record: how Sheriff’s Office overtime closed fiscal year 2025 far above the adopted overtime budget, and how the county later reconciled those lines through amendments.

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.