NEWS
County’s two contested races going to runoff
Montague County had only two contested county primary races Tuesday and both will result in a May 22 runoff.
There was a strong voter turnout of 23.50 percent for Montague County in the party primaries Tuesday with 3,107 ballots cast out of the 13,222 registered voters.
Ginger Wall, elections administrator, said thing swent very well and while there will always be a few glitches it was a good election for the parties. Early voting for the May primary runoff will run May 14-18.
The only contested races for the county were on the Republican ticket. To win the election candidates must attain 50 percent of the vote plus one.
Two-term Justice of the Peace Two Karen Reynolds will do battle with retired law officer Kevin Benton in the runoff. Reynolds of Forestburg received 464 votes earning 29.46 percent, while Benton of Bowie bested her with 679 votes at 43.11 percent.
Ron Westbrook received 340 votes and Stacy Hudson 92 votes in the JP2 race.
It was a close race for county treasurer. Brandi Shipman and LaVonda Langford, both from Nocona will face off in the county treasurer runoff. Shipman, former elections administrator, received 1,025 votes or 38.38 percent, while Langford, who serves as assistant county treasurer for Treasurer Linda McGaughey who is retiring earned 852 votes or 31.90 percent.
Charley Lanier, Forestburg, received 794 votes or 29.73 percent of the ballots.
The nasty battle for State Senator in district, Craig Estes (R-Wichita Falls), member of the senate since a special election in 2001 was ousted in a decisive three-man race.
One person went to the Bowie emergency room following this accident on U.S. Highway 81 and Applegate Road at 2:52 p.m. Wednesday. Department of Public Safety officers report a truck tractor tanker was north bound on Hwy 81 driven by Michael Logan, 57, Duncan, OK. A passenger car moved into the left lane to pass the truck and Logan reportedly tapped his brakes, that locked up causing him to jack-knife across the highway. As the tanker crossed into oncoming traffic a southbound Dodge Ram 2500 pickup driven by Bradley Werner, 49, Lavaca, AZ struck the tanker. Werner was transported by Bowie EMS to the ER with undisclosed injuries. Texas Department of Transportation crews arrived on the scene to assist while debris and vehicles were removed from the highway. (Photo by Barbara Green)
The Montague County Grand Jury issued nine indictments during this week’s April session.
The 97th District Attorney said there also were four no-bills and five sealed cases awaiting the arrest of a suspect.
Read the full list of cases in the weekend Bowie News.
The City of Nocona received a clean audit as its council addressed a variety of topics in its April 9 meeting.
Accountant David Parkman presented the financial report ending Sept. 20, 2023 prepared by Edgin, Parkman, Parkman and Fleming PC. City Secretary Revell Hardison said there were no issues and the year ended strongly.
A pair of requests from the Nocona Economic Development Corporation were approved. The second reading to expend $13,025 from the NEDC A and B boards to purchase a mower and maintenance vehicles and to top dress greens at Indian Oaks Golf Course was finalized.
Read the full story in the weekend Bowie News.
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