Harold Martin (Jack) (Captain Kirk) November 11, 1924 – March 18, 2019 NOCONA – Harold Martin, “Jack” or “Captain Kirk,” 94, died on March 18, 2019 in El Paso, TX. A memorial service will be [...]

Glenn Edward Fischer October 27, 1951 – April 17, 2019 WICHITA FALLS – Glenn Edward Fischer, 67, died on April 17, 2019 in Bowie, TX. A celebration of life was at 11 a.m. on April [...]

Roberta Louise Edgemon February 18, 1929 – April 19, 2019 BOWIE – Roberta Louise Edgemon, born Feb. 18, 1929 to John Argo and Mildred Bowers in Tokio, TX passed away on April 19, 2019 at [...]

Mary Virginia Gifford November 27, 1931 – April 17, 2019 NEWPORT – Mary Virginia Gifford, 87, passed away on April 17, 2019 peacefully in her home. A visitation was from 6-7 p.m. on April 19 [...]

Beating a rival publisher by a mere 20 minutes, William Byers distributes the first newspaper ever published in the frontier boomtown of Denver, Colorado. Byers had arrived in Denver the previous month. He had previously worked [...]

George “Baby Face” Nelson kills Special AgentW. Carter Baum during an FBIraid in northern Wisconsin. Nelson was holed up with notorious bank robber John Dillinger’s gang at the Little Bohemia resort but didn’t follow the planned escape [...]

Rosie Ruiz, age 26, finishes first in the women’s division of the Boston Marathon with a time of 2:31:56 on April 21, 1980. She was rewarded with a medal, a laurel wreath and a silver [...]

Members of the Montague County Commissioner’s Court will meet at 9 a.m. on April 22 in regular session. Items on the agenda will include the following: Mitigation plan update; management control agreement with the sheriff’s [...]

The Saint Jo baseball team traveled to Poolville on Monday to take on the Monarchs. Playing another tough 2A schools, the Panthers struggled as they lost 11-1. Saint Jo could not get any runners on [...]

On April 20, 1986, the Chicago Bulls’ Michael Jordan scores 63 points in an NBA playoff game against the Boston Celtics, setting a post-season scoring record. Despite Jordan’s achievement, the Bulls lost to the Celtics in double [...]

The Nocona baseball and softball teams hosted Childress on Tuesday night. While the Lady Indians were able to have a happy senior night by picking up their first district win 16-4, the Indians lost 13-0. [...]

The Bowie softball team almost gave its seniors the best way to go out with an upset win against City View. In the low scoring game that saw no runs scored until the sixth inning, [...]

Bowie and Nocona competed at the area track meet in Jacksboro on April 15. Featuring more schools and better competition than the district meet, the Bowie boy’s team were runners-up to Brock while the girls [...]

The Bowie Jackrabbits had a positive senior night on Tuesday as they beat City View in their final home game of the season. The Jackrabbits never trailed as they won 7-0 in a game where [...]

Schools in the 1A District 22 competed at the district track meet on Tuesday at Bowie, giving athletes a chance to qualify for the regional meet. With the schools forgoing an area meet, only the [...]

Early voting for the May 4 elections begins April 22 and runs through April 30. Voters will go to the polls for a Nocona City Council election and a county-wide referendum to change the county [...]

Gold-Burg Independent School District Trustees approved several annual items of business and discussed staffing for the new year during its April 15 meeting. Superintendent Roger Ellis reported the board approved the 2019-20 calendar with the [...]

Members of the City of Bowie Fire Department took part in training on its new extrication tools this week. The firefighters traveled to Wendell Phillips wrecking yard to practice on some old vehicles. Fire Chief [...]