NEWS
Montague County voters can cast ballots at any location Nov. 4
On election day Nov. 4, Montague County voters will be able to vote “anywhere they want.”
Montague County will have its first election on Nov. 4 where county-wide voting is in place. Under this plan, voters can go to any of the 10 voting precincts across the county. .
Voting locations for Tuesday include the following locations:
Bowie Public Library 301 Walnut St.
City of Bowie Comm. Room, 307 N. Mason
Nocona Comm. Center, 807 W. Hwy 82
Tales ‘N’ Trails Museum, 1522 East Hwy. 82, Nocona
Ringgold Elementary, Third and Hickory
Saint Jo Civic Center, 102 East Square
Valley View Baptist Church, Spanish Fort
Montague Courthouse, JP Courtroom
Sunset Fire Department, 2277 Hwy. 101
Forestburg Community Center, FM 455
•Please remember voters can cast ballots at any voting precinct location. Photo ID required.
Pictured – On Monday, Montague County Elections Administrator Brandi Shipman met with election judges as they set up the two mega-voting centers in Bowie and Nocona, and as other judges picked up their voting materials. Shipman talks with Barbara Winingham and Linda Proctor at the Bowie Community Room voting precinct, which will be one of the mega-centers Tuesday. (Photo by Barbara Green)
NEWS
Bowie Council meets June 23
The Bowie City Council will meet at 6 p.m. on June 23.
The agenda includes both old and new business items.
City Manager Bert Cunningham will make his report on the 2026-27 budget process, bid opening for the Glenn Hills lift station on July 16 and the bid for Rock and Pillar repairs.
In new business a pair of planning and zoning committee recommendations for replats at 107 E. Nelson and 412 Green will be reviewed. An ordinance adopting an office of emergency management amending a present ordinance will be offered.
Old business will see the second reading of the pickleball court reservation fee ordinance and the ordinance prohibiting drilling and mining or the reopening of an abandoned well or mine in any public park in the city limits.
NEWS
City of Bowie reports heat advisory today
A HEAT ADVISORY will be in effect from noon until 9 p.m. today (Thursday). Please plan accordingly.
Hear Audio Alert:https://hrpow.us/oeFZANN
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Sheriff confirms human remains found in Sunset area
Montague County Sheriff Marshall Thomas has confirmed human skeletal remains were recovered on June 13 in the Sunset area, and they could possibly be those of a flight attendant believed to have been murdered almost a year ago in the Fort Worth.
The murder suspect, Dennis William Day, 66, admitted in June 2025 to strangling Rana Soluri, 47, an Envoy flight attendant who lived with Day during that last year. She was reported missing by a co-worker on June 11 and had not been seen or heard from since March 2025.
Day initially denied any involvement, but later admitted to the murder and indicated he dumped her body somewhere in the Montague County area. Lawmen have scoured the areas in questions in both Montague and Wise County, but found nothing.
Sheriff Thomas said on June 13 the SO received a call of possible skeletal remains in the Brushy Creek area north of Poss Dyer Lane on Farm-to-Market 1749. A deputy went to the scene and confirmed it was human remains.
Investigators responded and kept the scene secure overnight until staff from the University of North Texas Forensic Anthropology Center could arrive and made the recovery on June 14. A Texas Ranger and staff from the Fort Worth Police Department also were on scene.
“There is no determination made yet on how long it has been there,” said Thomas. “The anthropologist was pleased to recover most of the skeleton in these conditions. Heavy rains previously made the past searches difficult. We are working jointly with Fort Worth to make an identification and if it is the victim in their homicide.”
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