NEWS
Breaking news: Ricky Howard pleads guilty, sentenced to five years in prison.
Ricky Howard, Nocona, entered guilty pleas on three separate unlawful possession of a firearms charges in a hearing today receiving five years on each case, which will run concurrent.
A hearing was scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. Wednesday for one of the unlawful possession cases, however, the hearing never opened as Howard’s attorney Robert Estrada asked to meet with District Attorney Paige Williams and then met with his attorney. At 11 a.m. the bench trial opened before 97th District Court Judge Jack McGaughey.
Due to his conviction on federal bank fraud charges back in 2007 where Howard was sentenced to 46 months in prison, he cannot legally possess any firearms. He was arrested in May 2015 on three separate instances where he allegedly had firearms in his possession. Howard has been a person of interest in the Caleb Diehl disappearance. It was during the midst of questioning and executing search warrants in connection with the missing 18-year-old that officers discovered the guns and an instance of him shooting on a friend’s gun range.
In December 2015 the Nocona man was arrested on two complaints of aggravated sexual assault of a child stemming from incidents alleged from 1996 through 2000 to a male child who was 13 years old when they started. A second arrested was made on Jan. 12, 2016 by a second male victim who was 12 at the time of the allegations that went back to 1994.
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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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