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Lake Amon Carter fills to overflowing; heavy rain causes damage in town

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Bowie Firefighters help push flood water our of the lobby of the North Central Texas College Bowie campus Thursday morning. (Photo by Barbara Green)

Spring rains can be a double-edged sword.

They filled Lake Amon Carter to capacity for the first time since July 2010, helping pull the area out of a multi-year drought.

But they also caused heavy flooding with massive damage that shut down the local college campus, and several streets and culverts collapsed due to rushing water.

Bowie residents were ecstatic Thursday morning to see Lake Amon Carter overflowing with water as the lake level topped 921.86 mean sea level on Thursday. Water could be seen rushing over the emergency spillway and through the tunnel connecting the two sides. The lake capacity is 920 msl and on Friday it surpassed that with a recording of 924.40 at 7 a.m. Read the full story on the rainfall and storm damage in the weekend News. Top photo: Water gushes out of the tunnel from the old side of Amon Carter Lake into the newer Bowie Reservoir side. (Photo by Jessica Crabtree)

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This storm water culvert at Lamb and Nelson blew out washing away the dirt that surrounded it and causing the concrete above it to collapse. A similar problem occurred one block over forcing the closure of the intersection of Pillar and Rock after the Wednesday night rains. (Photo by Barbara Green)

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Bubble truck kicks off library summer reading

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A bubble truck began the 2025 Bowie Public Library’s summer reading program, “Color Our World,” with free programs continuing through July 22.
Summer reading is open to children ages 0-12 and these free programs will be at the Bowie Community Center at 10 a.m. every Tuesday in June and July excluding July 1. Children will be given a reading log to bring with them to each program. Each child also receives a book at the end of the series.
June will be filled with artsy projects. On June 10 there will be bubble painting and baking soda painting and June 17, noodle and pom picture frame art. On June 24 they will make beaded wind chimes.
July 1 will have movie day at the library. This is the only program not to be at the community center.
July 8 enjoy fruit loop sand art, followed by a glow in the dark paint party with Alicia Betts on July 15. The summer reading series concludes with the popular Creature Teacher bringing a variety of animals for all to enjoy on July 11.

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Convicted DA Hall appeals her conviction

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Former 97th District Attorney Casey Hall has filed an appeal in her May 13 conviction for misuse of Montague County grant funds.
The appeal was filed with the Second Court of Appeals in Fort Worth on May 15, the day after her sentencing where the jury found her guilty of misapplication of fiduciary property and theft by a public servant. The trial had been moved on a change of venue.
On May 14 Hall’s sentence was decided by the same jury and it sentenced her to one year in state jail for the misapplication charge and six years probation for theft by a public servant.

Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.

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4B Board moves forward with pickleball court plans

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By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
Following approval of the Bowie City Council this past week for construction of new pickle ball courts at Pelham Park, the countdown to a public hearing and the bid process begins.
Ward Wallace, chairman of the 4B Economic Development Corporation, made the presentation to the city council outlining the proposal to build four covered courts in an area west of the Bowie Knife and south of the soccer fields. Along with the courts there will be parking and a portion of the walking trail will be redone. All the new additions also will be handicap accessible.
The 4B board’s request was to spend up to $1.2 million of 4B sales tax funds for the entire project, however, Wallace said they did not anticipate it would be that high as the estimates are running around $880,000.

Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.

The red outlined portion on the lower right of the map shows the future location of the pickleball courts near the Bowie Knife. (Courtesy 4B Board)

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