NEWS
Father of oldest boy in case ‘shocked’ by ex-wife’s arrest, actions
By BARBARA GREEN
Jessica Petroni
Steven Lazek says he is “shocked” and “feels a bit guilty” about the events of this past week when his ex-wife, Jessica Petroni was arrested by Bowie Police for child endangerment and her five children, including his eight-year-old son were put into foster care.
The 27-year-old Lazek lives in Grand Prairie and last saw his son on a regular visitation a little more than a month ago. At that time the boy appeared to be healthy and normal according to his dad.
When he saw his child on Tuesday following the tumultuous weekend events, the father said he appeared to be “okay.”
“He was in a good, happy mood, the foster family is doing a good job, but I can see it in his eyes he is wounded. He is concerned about his brothers and sisters,” states Lazek.
Read this father’s comments on the child endangerment case that occurred in Bowie this week involving his son in the weekend News. Pictured the Jessica and Albert Petroni residence in Bowie. Police said this is only a small portion of the trash found inside the house. (Photo by Barbara Green)
After nearly three months of no rain, Mother Nature brought the showers this past week.
Downtown Bowie rain reports varied from 7 to 8 inches, while the Saint Jo area reported a 10-inch total. The city water plant in Bowie reported 5.55 inches on Sept. 30 with 1.6 Oct. 1-3.
Nocona saw a total of 6.31 inches of rain across Sept. 26 to Oct. 3.
On Oct. 6, Lake Amon G. Carter saw a level of 917.39 mean sea level rising to 81.31% full. Just one week earlier the lake was 73.6% full, while one year ago it was 94.01%. The lake is full at 920msl.
Lake Nocona was 73.7% full at 823.02 on Oct 6. One week earlier it was 70.41% full and one year ago it was 92.41%. The lake is full at 827.5 msl.
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
One Montague County City has joined the battle against any data centers being built in this county and there is a petition drive underway to urge the commissioner’s court to keep data centers out of Montague County.
At a Sept. 28 called meeting of the Saint Jo City Council, officials unanimously approved a resolution stating its opposition to the “siting, permitting, construction or operation of data centers and similar hyperscale computing facilities within the city limits or the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction.”
City Secretary Debbie Dennis said several citizens approached Councilor Jack Dunn about their data center concerns and he helped prepare a resolution. The council gave unanimous support.
Read the full story in your Thursday Bowie News.
Montague County Judge Kevin Benton has signed an order lifting the outdoor burn ban effective Oct. 7.
Persons are still urged to be cautious when they are out working in the countryside to avoid any spark that could cause a wildfire.
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