Jim Bowie Days 2014 adds new events
The 40th annual Jim Bowie Days Festival and Rodeo may prove to be the best one yet with a new kick-off event, expanded youth and amateur rodeo, more activities and more fun. Read all about […]
COUNTY LIFE
Phillips House to celebrate Texas Historical Marker
The Texas Historical Commission (THC) recently designated the Phillips House, located at Saint Jo, as a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark. Members of the Phillips Family, Leeton and Kim Phillips and son William, are hosting a […]
Fifth graders graduate from DARE program
A class of more than 120 fifth graders at Bowie Intermediate graduated Wednesday from the Drug Abuse Resistance Education Program taught by Bowie Police. Ceremonies included music with the DARE song, essay winners and certificates. […]
County fifth graders visit NCTC campus-Bowie
More than 100 fifth graders from across Montague County visited the Bowie campus of North Central Texas College last week as part of the annual collegebound program. They visited the different program like anatomy viewing […]
Leadership Montague County graduates third class
Leadership Montague County presented diplomas to the members of its third graduating class of county leaders. Read the full story of this program in the mid-week News.
Area seniors prepare to graduate this week
Graduation season is here, as Montague County area seniors prepare to receive their diplomas and start the next phase of their lives. Bowie, Forestburg, Prairie Valley, Saint Jo and Bellevue will conduct graduation ceremonies on […]
New names added to county veteran’s monument
A slate of 106 new names were added to the Montague County Veteran’s Monument and were unveiled in ceremonies Monday afternoon on Memorial Day. Colm Murphy, county veteran’s service office, brings the welcome to the […]
Nocona VFW Post hosts annual Memorial Day ceremonies
Nocona VFW Post 8558 hosted its annual Memorial Day service at Nocona Cemetery at 10 a.m. Monday morning. There was music, the raising of a new American flag, remembrance of those veterans who passed during […]
Alliance hosting Toney Walsh and band May 24
The Bowie Alliance for Education and the Arts would like to present the epitome of energy, style, and sound, Toney Walsh and his four-piece band. Toney Walsh has established himself as one of the most […]
New Saint Jo Rodeo queen crowned
Saint Jo Riding Club hosted its annual rodeo last weekend and a new 2014 queen was crowned. Kendal Pearse, 2013 queen, passed her titled to Raylee Brown of Nocona. (Courtesy photo)