NEWS

Tragic accidents claim two lives: Woman dies after crash; boy age two drowns

Published

10 years ago

05/14/2016

A pair of tragic accidents this week claimed the life of a longtime Bowie woman in a car-18-wheeler wreck on Tuesday night, while a two-year-old boy drowned in a pond south of Bowie Thursday afternoon.

Accident

A 26-year-old Bowie woman died Wednesday from injuries she received in a two-vehicle accident Tuesday night.

Department of Public Safety Public Information Officer Dan Buesing said Chelsea Maria Cleveland was pronounced dead about 3 p.m. on Wednesday at United Regional.

The collision occurred about 10 p.m. on May 10 on Farm-to-Market 174 just west of U.S. Highway 287, northwest of Bowie.

Drowning

Montague County Sheriff Paul Cunningham said an ambulance was paged out to 503 Feed Store Road about 2:30 p.m. on May 12 for a possible drowning.

Family members found Johnny Case Smith, son of Sarah Smith, unresponsive in the pond.

Emergency personnel transported him to Wise Regional Health Care Center, where he was pronounced dead.

Read the full stories in the weekend News.

Pictured: Emergency personnel responded to the drowning on Feed Store Road Thursday afternoon. A Bowie ambulance transported Johnny Smith, age two, to Wise Regional after he was found unresponsive in a nearby pond. (Photo by Dani Blackburn)

COUNTY LIFE

Montague County sees 56.1% voter turnout in midterms

Published

1 hour 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.