NEWS
Tragic accidents claim two lives: Woman dies after crash; boy age two drowns
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)
A crew from Scarborough Engineering was working on control termination wiring in the control room of the Bowie Substation last week. They were integrating additional equipment including the new transformer. Once everything is connected it will go through a testing phase. The transformer project has been stalled during the past year awaiting the arrival of various parts. (News photo by Barbara Green
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
After more than a year of turmoil and upheaval it appears the Amon Carter Lake Water Supply Corporation is back on its feet with a slate of new board members and plans to review by-laws and operations.
Last August all the board members resigned in the wake of a lawsuit by a resident who could not obtain water for a small housing development despite being in the district. The property owner also accused the board of not following open meetings or open records laws, or its own by-laws.
After the board resigned a receivership was requested from the court and was named in December 2025. The receiver or temporary manager was Nocona attorney Zach Renfro, who was directed by the court to seek out possible directors to rehabilitate the association and assure it meets the obligation of continuing to provide water to more than 300 members.
The corporation board conducted its first general membership meeting on March 27 where a state of the corporation was given and new directors
named. They are Kevin McShan, president; Josh Swint, vice president; Carla Swofford, secretary; Wesley Kelly, treasurer; Zach Gunter, Rob Hankins and Chase Thomas, all directors.
Read the full story in your Thursday Bowie News.
The Bowie City Council meeting scheduled for April 28 was canceled due to the lack of a quorum.
Councilors Boyd Hulstine, Stephanie Post and Brent Shaw were present along with Mayor Gaylynn Burris, Four council members are required. Laramie Truax, Laura Sproles and TJay McEwen were absent. The agenda items were expected to be placed on the next agenda of business for the council.
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