NEWS
‘Bill’ bashes Montague County with heavy rain
The store at Snow’s Marina at Lake Nocona was flooded when the lake levels rose due to more than 12 inches of rainfall Wednesday. (Photo by Danna Snow)
Montague County was hit hard by Tropical Storm Bill with major flooding of roads and property across the county.
Rainfall reports span 12.64 inches reported by the Nocona Fire Department and 9.35 inches recorded at the Nocona Water Plant, to 5.42 inches recorded in Bowie.
As of Thursday at 3 p.m. Amon Carter Lake was at 927.26 msl, up 5.29 feet from the Monday level of 921.97 msl. By Friday at 9 a.m. the level was at 926.91 msl.
Lake Nocona at 3 p.m. Thursday was at 835.14 msl, which was 7.1 feet above its Monday level of 828.04 msl. By 9 a.m. Friday the level dropped to 830.69 msl.
While there were multiple water rescues and accidents during the storm, the most serious occurred at Eldorado and Patterson Streets, where some children were playing outside. A nine-year-old Bowie boy was saved from drowning after he was swept into a storm drain. Read the full story of this rescue and other storm damage in the Saturday News.
Pictured: The Meghan and Colt Langford home in the Nocona Hills area of Lake Nocona was flooded Wednesday when nearly 13 inches of rain fell across Nocona. See more storm damage photos in the Saturday News. (Photo by Meghan Langford)
A Wednesday morning rollover on State Highway 59caused a vehicle to catch fire but had no injuries.
Montague County Public Information Officer Sgt. Aaron Randle said the call came in around 7:30 a.m. at the intersection of SH 59 and Nobile Road. When Montague Volunteer Fire Department firefighters arrived, the 2008 Chevy pickup had rolled over and was fully enguled in flames. The17-year-old adult driver was out of the vehicle.
Brandle said the fire was under control at 8:06 a.m. Bowie Emergency Medical Services was also on the scene.
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
The City of Nocona has been nominated as a rural Opportunity Zone by Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Mayor Christopher Nunneley said they will begin “pitching” this federal tax angle to potential businesses.”
At a Tuesday afternoon press conference Nunneley, Donna Culpepper, executive director for the Nocona Economic Development Corporation and Michelle Page of the Nocona Chamber of Commerce announced the nomination and offered a brief overview of the federal tax incentives that can become available.
Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.
Remember Sept. 11 2001, 25 years later
While history will remember Sept. 11, 2001 among the darkest days in America’s history, it also is a day marked not only by tremendous heroism and bravery by first responders, but also every day Americans from all walks of life who showed the world our country would not be intimidated by terrorism.
There were 2,996 people killed during the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001 including 343 firefighters and paramedics, 23 New York city police officers and 37 Port Authority police officers. Tens of thousands more suffered in the aftermath due to exposure to chemicals and industrial debris.
The Bowie News editor asked some local lawmen, firefighters, a pilot and two retired FBI agents their memories of this tragic day and how their jobs were impacted by the events. We thank them for sharing their reflections.
Read the full feature in your Thursday Bowie News.
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