NEWS
Commissioners to consider open carry limits in its buildings
Montague County Commissioners voted Monday to form a committee to determine what areas need to be posted in regard to the open carry laws that start Jan. 1.
The court met for a brief 25-minute executive session to discuss the new law with County Attorney Clay Riddle and Chief Deputy Mark Blankenship.
The agenda listed conceal carry and open carry limitations for the courthouse and annex.
Monday afternoon, the committee met and pulled together a preliminary policy in time for the new year. A called session of the court is set for 4 p.m. Dec. 31 in the annex to consider the policy.
Read the full story in the mid-week News.
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
Six months into its fiscal year, the City of Bowie’s budget is meeting its half-way point in revenues and expenses with the exception of the water department where inflation and the cost of supplies is taking a toll.
Finance Director Pamela Woods presented the second quarter report to the city council last week and said they are looking at a nearly half million deficit during the first six months in the water department.
During the first six months of the year the utility fund has brought in more than $6 million in revenue across water, sewer in electric. In addition the city had a certificate of deposit here that had garnered strong interest which officials cashed out and put into operating funds.
Read the full story in the May 1 Bowie News.
Emotional testimony from the children of Tia Hutson opened the second week of the murder trial of Gregory Bell being tried for her beating death in August, 2022.
The murder trial of Gregory Bell for the death of Tia Hutson entered its second week Monday after an opening week that saw witnesses from law enforcement and forensics appear, plus the medical field.
Bell, 58, Saint Jo, was jailed in November 2023 accused in the beating death of a former girlfriend Tia Hutson, 50, also of Saint Jo. The suspect was arrested on Nov. 14, 2023 by Texas Rangers and charged with first-degree murder.
The grand jury indictment that led to arrest stated Hutson’s death was caused by “striking on her head with a hard object.” It was the first murder in Saint Jo since 1986.
She was found severely beaten and raped in her home on Aug. 5, 2022. Six days later she died from her injuries.
Jury selection began the morning of April 22 and where an eight-man four-woman jury was seated with testimony set to begin the next day. Judge Trish Byars is presiding with Paige McCormick, first assistant district attorney, and DA Katie Boggeman, prosecuting the case. Bob Estrada is representing Bell in his trial.
Read more on this story in the May 1 Bowie News.
Top photo – Gregory Bell leaves the courtroom last week during this murder trial. (Photo by Josh Hoggard KFDX/KJTL TV)
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