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Austin Jackson

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  • 1 week ago | wcmessenger.com | Austin Jackson

    Bridgeport shouldn’t be a hotbed for golf talent. The six players competing today at the 4A Region I tournament have proved otherwise. The only course in the city is a 9-hole track on the West Fork of the Trinity River. While Bridgeport Country Club (BCC) is not Augusta National, it’s a proud little semi-private club. Still, the median income of […] This content is only available to online subscribers. Please login below or Subscribe now. Remember Me

  • 1 week ago | wcmessenger.com | Austin Jackson

    The City of Decatur is charting a larger future for the Decatur Municipal Airport. Woolpert Aviation Program Director Jeff Borowiec presented a progress report on the 2025 Decatur Municipal Airport layout plan Monday night. Currently, the drafted airport layout plan (ALP) includes a three-phased expansion to meet the forecasted demand of the municipal airport on the north side of […] This content is only available to online subscribers. Please login below or Subscribe now. Remember Me

  • 1 week ago | wcmessenger.com | Austin Jackson

    1-Let the voting beginEarly voting for the May 3 election begins Tuesday, April 22. While local politics may not generate the buzz of a presidential race, these elections impact your daily life in a big way. Voters will decide several contested city council and school board races — plus a handful of special elections across the county. We’ve got you covered in the April 17 edition of the Wise County Messenger.

  • 1 week ago | wcmessenger.com | Austin Jackson

    Wise County received passing marks after becoming the subject of three audits for the 2024 fiscal year. The county was issued a clean, unmodified audit opinion, according to Rick Kline, senior account manager with Snow Garrett Williams, who presented the accounting firm’s findings at Monday’s county commissioners meeting. “We have audited the accompanying financial statements of Wise County as of Sept.

  • 1 week ago | wcmessenger.com | Austin Jackson

    The Texas House Committee on Natural Resources heard support for House Bill 3154 — proposed legislation that would create a Wise Regional Water District — Wednesday at the state Capitol. Several elected Wise County leaders testified for the bill, which was filed in February by District 64 Rep. Andy Hopper, alongside District 12 Sen. Tan Parker’s identical SB 1359 in the state’s 89th Legislative Session. The bill also encountered its first formal criticism during the hearing.

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Austin Jackson @a_jack17
10 Apr 25

RT @TheTraeYoung: He was never gonna leave…

Austin Jackson
Austin Jackson @a_jack17
10 Apr 25

Wish we had a guy to build around like this No. 77 guy for the lakers

Austin Jackson
Austin Jackson @a_jack17
9 Apr 25

The first claim to fame for Ben Lamm, co-founder and CEO of @colossal — the company that just brought back the dire wolf — was his third-grade report card.

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Column: Did you know you can trace the de-extinction of the dire wolf — a species that ceased to exist about 13,000 years ago — to Decatur, Texas? Well, I didn’t — until the early hours of Wednesday morning this week.