Inmate dies in county jail

An inmate in the Ochiltree County Jail died on Thursday.

County inmate Billy Joe Spann, 50, died while incarcerated at the jail, according to Ochiltree County Sheriff Terry Bouchard.. Spann had been sentenced

Spann had been sentenced on local charges and was awaiting transportation to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice at the time of his death.

Because he died in a correctional facility, Spann’…