NEWS
Saint Jo Council to meet Wednesday
The first regular Saint Jo city council meeting with Brad Bugg running the show as mayor takes place June 10 at 6 p.m. at Saint Jo City Hall.
The hall is located at 220 E. Howell Street in Saint Jo.
This also will mark the first meeting with Bryan Wolf and Stephanie West serving on the council.
During the meeting, alderpersons will discuss the possible appointment of a new council member to fill a vacancy.
Currently, Saint Jo has three council members, and a pro tem in Tim West, and there’s been a vacancy for the past month.
In addition, there will be a public hearing concerning a possible replat at 109 N. Singletary Street.
The possible replat was brought up for discussion by Charles and Judy Taylor. The couple has requested to build a 30x50x16-foot shop on their property.
Other citizens have also brought up matters for discussion.
Carla Hennessey would like to continue discussions on water issues, which started during the May regular meeting.
Mary Katherine Goff is on the agenda to discuss her concerns about trash next to the city cemetery: Mountain Park Cemetery.
Linda and Jackie Bruton want to talk about the street condition on W. Williams.
The council will examine whether to approve the Montague County Tax Appraisal District 2016 proposed budget and the 2013-14 audit report from the Wichita Falls-based accounting firm of Freemon, Shapard & Story.
In a police department matter, there will be discussion on the monthly salary for a K-9 officer for off-duty care, management and training of the animal.
The council is expected to act on the use of water slides and blow-up bounce houses at Boggess Park.
City department leaders will issue reports, bills will be paid and the minutes will be approved from two meetings in May.
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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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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