Bobbie Joe Reno
Bobbie Joe Reno June 9, 1954 – December 26, 2018 BOWIE – Bobbie Joe Reno, 64, died on Dec. 26, 2018 in Bowie, TX. A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. on Jan. 3, […]
2018
Welcome to 2019
The Bowie News staff and management send out the best of good wishes for our readers as we go into a new year. Welcome to 2019! We look forward to serving you in the new […]
1972 Baseball star dies in plane crash
Roberto Clemente, future Hall of Fame baseball player, is killed along with four others when the cargo plane in which he is traveling crashes off the coast of Puerto Rico. Clemente was on his way to […]
1853 Southern U.S. border established
James Gadsden, the U.S. minister to Mexico, and General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, the president of Mexico, sign the Gadsden Purchase in Mexico City. The treaty settled the dispute over the location of the Mexican […]
1845 Texas enters the Union
Six months after the congress of the Republic of Texas accepts U.S. annexation of the territory, Texas is admitted into the United States as the 28th state. After gaining independence from Spain in the 1820s, Mexico welcomed foreign settlers […]
Saint Jo High School honors football athletes
Saint Jo High School honored its football athletes during a sports banquet on Dec. 19. Recipients of the team voted awards include: Alex Reed, Most Improved; Damian Leyvo, Spark Plug and Blake Anderson, We Not […]
NCTC presents winter grads
North Central Texas College conducted a commencement ceremony on Dec. 14 at the Gainesville campus to honor the Fall 2018 graduates. The ceremony honored graduates of health sciences and cosmetology programs, career and technical education […]
Welcome 2019, a blank slate to resolve
When did ringing in the new year become a celebratory tradition? One would think it is a more modern-day creation, but 4,000 years ago the Babylonians brought in the new year with an 11-day festival […]
Sports year in review 2018
What a year it was in sports for the Montague County area. The year 2018 brought a state championship to the county as well as 17 individuals competing at the state level, and some participating […]
County officials’ swearing in ceremony on Jan. 1
There will be a swearing-in ceremony for all newly elected and re-elected officials in Montague County at 10 a.m. on Jan. 1, 2019 in the courthouse annex. A reception will follow in the annex community […]