NEWS
Children recovering well in foster care
Bowie Police discovered five children, ages eight years to three months, alone in their home left to fend for themselves among household filth and with no food.
Bowie school officials contacted police on Sept. 25 regarding an eight-year-old boy who had not been at school for several days. School officials had called the home phone and the boy said he was home alone watching his siblings.
Lieutenant Rick Beckham and Officer Daniel Moody responded to the scene at 1202 Zahara and were shocked when they opened the front door.
“The house was completely filthy and in total disarray. There was garbage and human waste all over the house. You could literally smell the house from the street. I’ve been in dope houses that were cleaner,” explained Beckham.
The children include an eight-year-old boy, girls ages four and two, a boy age 17 months and a baby boy three months old. The three younger children were treated at Bowie Memorial Hospital for malnourishment. While police were at the home the children’s mother, Jessica Petroni came home and was arrested for endanger/abandonment of a child, criminal negligence. Read the full story in the mid-week News.
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The Bowie City Council will meet at 6 p.m. on May 12 in the council chambers.
The agenda opens with a proclamation for Emergency Medical Services Week.
In the city manager’s report, Bert Cunningham will discuss the Rock and Pillar Street project and the Texas Water Development Board grant application.
In new business, Brittany Barnes will be considered as an appointment to the Bowie Community Development Board.
A resolution requesting financial assistance from the TWDB authorizing the filing of an application for assistance will be reviewed.
The master parks plan also will be presented by staff from Public Management.
The consent agenda and public comments round out the meeting.
Members of the Montague County Commissioner’s Court will meet at 9 a.m. on May 11.
After the consent agenda and public comments, the court will discuss an interlocal agreement between precinct two and the Bowie Sports Association for the baseball complex.
Precinct three will ask for a line-time budget adjustment of $15,000 from operating expenses to part-time.
The court will open and consider accepting sealed bids for emulsified asphalt and prime oil, all on a 90-day contract.
The consent agenda of minutes, bills and reports also is slated.
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