COUNTY LIFE

The Nocona City Council appointed Theresa Dirker to the Nocona Economic Development Corporation Type A board during a Tuesday night meeting. Dirker is the co-owner of Red River Pizzeria in Nocona with her husband, Tony. […]

Gold-Burg School will be installing a new playground on July 22 and they need volunteers. The work will begin at 7 a.m. and continue until the job is done. Volunteers are needed to assist installing […]

By ERIC VICCARO The subject of ambulance service has touched every part of Montague County in recent months – Saint Jo included. During Wednesday’s city council meeting, there were discussions about a proposed flat rate […]

  Jean Angove, a realtor in Montague County for 40-plus years, was recognized by the Montague County Board of Realtors and the Texas Association of Realtors with REALTOR Emeritus status during a special lunch meeting […]

Youngsters took part in a one-day art camp at Tales ‘N’ Trails Museum in Nocona this week. They learned leathercraft, beadwork, painted and worked with cactus in a jar. See more photos in the weekend […]

How does Jada Pinkett Smith keep her famous family close? read about it in this week’s Spry Living magazine. Also get tips on how to “chill out” this summer. Available in your mid-week News.

By Justin Hansard, county extension agent In spite of many usual and pesky problems associated with growing those big, beautiful Texas “thumpers,” most reports have it that a good watermelon crop is headed our way […]

The Friends of the Bowie Public Library will have an art reception for the Post Oak Busy Bees Mini-Quilt or Wall Hanging challenge. The reception will be from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. on July 13. […]

A board has been formed for the new Montague County Crime Stoppers program, and the paperwork to join the state organization is in the works. Montague County Sheriff Marshall Thomas said he has been pleased […]

Main Street Bowie had its monthly outdoor movie night last Friday. Members of the Bowie Fire Department stayed busy making snowcones.(News photo by Barbara Green)