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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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Bowie Council meets June 23

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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.

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City of Bowie reports heat advisory today

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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

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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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