NEWS
Area road closures from TxDOT; six inches of rain falls
Widespread Flooding in the Wichita Falls district, Texas Department of Transportation road closure update
Archer, Clay, Cooke, Montague, Wichita and Young Counties at 10:30 a.m. Thursday
New closures and flooded conditions are being reported. This list of roadways is constantly changing. Motorists are reminded to Turn Around…Don’t Drown. Also barricades and TxDOT manned closures are there to keep you safe. Going around the road block is illegal and punishable by a $2000 fine and up to 2 years in jail.
DriveTexas.Org is an excellent source to check these rapidly changing conditions.
ARCHER:
U.S. 281 has water on the roadway from S.H. 16 to Antelope. Open and passable at slow speeds
FM 1883 is clouded from FM 172 to SH 148.
CLAY
U.S. 287 Southbound is reduced to one lane because of water on the roadway. Slower speeds will get you through it.
FM 175 is CLOSED from SH 148 West to Shannon.
FM 172 from Scotland to Bluegrove has standing water. Passable with caution.
FM 1997 is CLOSED from Just North of Henrietta to FM 2332.
SH 148 is flooded just South of US 287. Passable with care.
Spur 510 North of US 287 is flooding. At this time it is passable with caution.
FM 1883 is CLOSED from FM 172 to SH 148.
COOKE
FM 1630 at Clear Creek is flooded. Precede with caution.
MONTAGUE
US 81 from FM 1806 North has water on the roadway. It is passable if you take it easy.
FM 1956 West of Nocona has standing water. Passable at slow speeds
FM1806 is CLOSED from Stoneburg to Bus Stop Road.
WICHITA
Old Iowa Park Road’s Northbound lanes are CLOSED due to flooding.
Debbie Hoover shared this photo of a vehicle under water at the Mill Street Railroad overpass from Wednesday night. Despite flashing police lights altering to the high water, the driver drove through and had to be rescued.
A Wednesday morning rollover on State Highway 59caused a vehicle to catch fire but had no injuries.
Montague County Public Information Officer Sgt. Aaron Randle said the call came in around 7:30 a.m. at the intersection of SH 59 and Nobile Road. When Montague Volunteer Fire Department firefighters arrived, the 2008 Chevy pickup had rolled over and was fully enguled in flames. The17-year-old adult driver was out of the vehicle.
Brandle said the fire was under control at 8:06 a.m. Bowie Emergency Medical Services was also on the scene.
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
The City of Nocona has been nominated as a rural Opportunity Zone by Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Mayor Christopher Nunneley said they will begin “pitching” this federal tax angle to potential businesses.”
At a Tuesday afternoon press conference Nunneley, Donna Culpepper, executive director for the Nocona Economic Development Corporation and Michelle Page of the Nocona Chamber of Commerce announced the nomination and offered a brief overview of the federal tax incentives that can become available.
Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.
Remember Sept. 11 2001, 25 years later
While history will remember Sept. 11, 2001 among the darkest days in America’s history, it also is a day marked not only by tremendous heroism and bravery by first responders, but also every day Americans from all walks of life who showed the world our country would not be intimidated by terrorism.
There were 2,996 people killed during the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001 including 343 firefighters and paramedics, 23 New York city police officers and 37 Port Authority police officers. Tens of thousands more suffered in the aftermath due to exposure to chemicals and industrial debris.
The Bowie News editor asked some local lawmen, firefighters, a pilot and two retired FBI agents their memories of this tragic day and how their jobs were impacted by the events. We thank them for sharing their reflections.
Read the full feature in your Thursday Bowie News.
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