NEWS

Bowie School Board to meet Monday

Published

11 years ago

03/26/2016

Bowie School Trustees will consider moving forward with five improvement projects when they meet at 5:30 p.m. on March 28.

Last month the board directed the superintendent to get more specific cost estimates on extending a sidewalk at the elementary, parking lot chip and seal at the junior high, campus video surveillance systems, junior high auditorium sound and lighting and intermediate school sound panels.

Funding for these projects would come from the remaining bond funds which total about $650,000 as of Feb. 19.

Numerous annual topics will be discussed including the 2016-17 school calendar year, teacher bereavement leave, the instructional materials allotment and board policy manual update.

Teacher contracts and other personnel considerations, which will be reviewed in executive session, along with the junior high principal position. Amy Murphey, BJH principal, has been offered a position in the Nocona School District, but as of Friday she had not tendered her resignation to the superintendent.

Nine bids on properties struck off the tax rolls will be examined for board action.

Salli Page and Ed Cordero will provide an overview of the high school career and technical education and veterinary technician programs.

COUNTY LIFE

Montague County sees 56.1% voter turnout in midterms

Published

52 minutes ago

11/05/2026

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Montague County voters joined the rest of the state with a tremendous turnout in Tuesday’s elections.
The elections administration office reported with all 10 precincts counted a turnout of 56.01% or 8,732 casting ballots. There are 15,591 registered voters in the county.
While there were no county contested races, there were two city council and two school board elections.
The Bowie City Council has three places on the ballot. Laura Sproles, incumbent, was not challenged for her place two.
Levi Bailey won the precinct one seat with 925 votes. Valerie Thomerson received 328 votes.
In precinct three, Terry Gunter won with 1,027 votes and Glenda Durham was second with 383

Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.

NEWS

Nocona teen dies after apolice chase

Published

59 minutes ago

11/05/2026

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A 15-year-old Nocona boy was killed in a crash following a law enforcement pursuit just after midnight on Nov. 1.
Sgt. Aaron Brandle, public information officer with the Montague County Sheriff’s office, said the crash occurred on Nov. 1 at around 12:21 a.m.
The vehicle in the pursuit crashed in the 3600 block of Cardwell Road in Montague County. The juvenile was the sole occupant of the vehicle and was ejected as a result of the crash.
The release states responding law enforcement personnel immediately initiated life-saving measures at the scene. The juvenile was subsequently transported to Nocona General Hospital, where despite continued life-saving efforts, he was pronounced deceased.

While the authorities have not publicly identified the deceased, several community efforts have been launched to assist the family of AR “Mando” Alcantar, a sophomore at Nocona High School. Students and staff also have taken steps to remember the popular young man.

A Gofundme account also has been sent up under the name Small Town, Big Hearts – Help support the Alcantar Family. It was organized by Kelsey Cabrera.

(Top photo – AR “Mando” Alcantar)

Read the full report in the Thursday Bowie News.

The Bowie News staff apologizes for the error in spelling of the the young man’ s name in the print edition. It stated “Mondo” and that was incorrect. We did not find the error until after press time.