While hairstyles and fashions may come and go, and while musical styles may evolve over time, one thing that repeats itself in music history with great regularity is the ascendancy of boy bands as a [...]

On this day in 1884, the first roller coaster in America opens at Coney Island, in Brooklyn, New York. Known as a switchback railway, it was the brainchild of LaMarcus Thompson, traveled approximately six miles per [...]

Johnny Sauter continued his uncanny mastery of Texas Motor Speedway Friday night, holding off Stewart Friesen on a three-lap shootout to win the 22nd annual PPG 400 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race. The series [...]

The Jim Bowie Days Youth Rodeo is set for 7 p.m. on June 26-27 at the Bowie Rodeo Association Arena. Mutton bustin’ will be available both nights. A limit of 10 contestants per night will [...]

Even with a strong senior class graduated, the Nocona Indian football team feels like they have the players in their program to challenge themselves more than they have the past few seasons. Specifically, the Indians [...]

The job search is over as Nocona High School found the man to be the next boys basketball coach. Athletic director/football coach Brad Keck said they had hired Colby Schniederjan on Wednesday to be the [...]

Nocona School Board Trustees will discuss Superintendent Dr. David Waters’ contract and compensation when it meets at 6 p.m. on June 18. A decision on his contract will be made after an evaluation conducted in [...]

In the weekend News reporter Dani Blackburn looks back on the 1950s’ father and how it has evolved to meet the challenging demands of today’s family and society. Enjoy her column, “It’s Just My Life,” [...]

The Bowie Independent School District’s Board of Trustees will meet at 5:30 p.m. on June 18 with numerous summertime programs and test results leading the agenda. Superintendent Steven Monkres will discuss future meeting days for [...]

Montague County will host a regional kickoff meeting at 9:30 a.m. on June 18 for a 10-county area that is developing a hazard mitigation plan to assist in the event of disaster. The Nortex Regional [...]

Gold-Burg Independent School District Trustees will meet at 7 p.m. on June 18. The board will make a decision on selecting a design-build firm based on its request for qualification for the district’s energy efficiency [...]

A local compound archer won the U.S. National Field Archery Championship in the junior men’s division and earned a spot as team captain of his division for Team USA as he competed June 8-10 at [...]

By BARBARA GREEN “We don’t meet people by accident. They are meant to cross our path for a reason.” (Unknown author) Melissa Sillivent calls the young man who crossed her path on the worst day [...]

By BARBARA GREEN The Montague County Tax Appraisal District received its first approval of the 2018-19 proposed budgets from the commissioner’s court Monday, and they will not fan out to the other 13 entities that [...]

Thirteen people entered guilty pleas in 97th District Court on May 29 with the final dispositions as follows reported District Attorney Casey Polhemus. Read the full list in your weekend News.  

Members of the Nocona City Council signed an agreement with Lauren Kalisek with Lloyd Gosselink Attorneys at Law for representation during the dissolution of the North Montague County Water Supply District Board. “The lawyer at [...]

On June 14, 2018 around 9:30 p.m. the Montague County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to StateHwy 59, South of Montague, to the Ultimate Stop / Quick Way #7 for a robbery that had just occurred. If [...]