NEWS

Acres of water have filled Montague County’s two main lakes to overflowing

Published

11 years ago

04/23/2016

Amon Carter Lake aerial looking at the tops of picnic table cover at Selma Park. The nearby boat ramps and docks are under water.

This week’s rainfall continues to fill Lake Nocona and Amon G. Carter. (Top) The emergency spillway area at Lake Nocona was captured in this aerial view. At 9 a.m. Friday the lake was at 828.75 msl, down only slightly from its high of 830.35 on Monday. The lake was reopened on Thursday. (Right) This photo shows the tops of picnic table covers at Selma Park and the nearby boat docks under water. Carter was at 925.79 Friday, slightly above where it was Monday at 925.43. The lake remains closed.

Nocona photo by Staley Keck

Amon Carter photo by Ray Jones

Thank you to all those who shared their flood and storm damage photos with the News this past week.

COUNTY LIFE

Montague County sees 56.1% voter turnout in midterms

Published

58 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

1 hour 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.