NEWS
Bowie utility rate petition ready for council action
A pair of petitions asking the Bowie City Council to rescind a pending Oct. 1 water and wastewater rate hike have received the required amount of signatures and will go to the city council for action when its meets at 6 p.m. Aug. 5.
City Secretary Mitzi Wallace said the petition was turned in July 29. Based on City Charter mandates, the petition was required to have at least 206 names each. Wallace said the water petition had 283 and the wastewater 271 names. At the Tuesday night meeting the council can either accept the petition and rescind the rate increase, call an election or could possibly reject the petition.
Read the full story in the Saturday News.
The following indictments were filed with the 97th District Clerk following the November session of the Montague County Grand Jury.
There were a total of 13 indictments with one sealed awaiting the arrest of a suspect.
A grand jury indictment is not evidence of guilt. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
Read the full list of indictments in your mid-week Bowie News.
Ready, set, shop! Inside your mid-week Bowie News find the annual holiday shopping guide to help you plan all your Black Friday and other shopping opportunities.
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