NEWS
Early voting opens strong the first day with nearly 1,000 voters
Early voting opened strong in Montague County Monday with 6.89 percent or 918 people casting ballots.
Brandi Shipman, elections administrator, said things ran smoothly at the four early voting locations, and she was excited to see a strong start.
“We’ve had elections where we didn’t have that many people vote, so we expect to stay busy during early voting and we are prepared,” said Shipman.
Montague County has 13,324 registered voters going into the Nov. 8 general election.
While her crew of elections judges and staff were busy accepting voters, Shipman had to field an array of press calls for a vague reference in a Facebook posting to possible voting problems in Montague County. It ended up the post referred to voting in Arlington.
Read the full story in the mid-week News.
Pictured: Chris Hughes gets signed in at the early voting location in Montague where Judge Karen Applewhite checks his name in the electronic polling book. (Photo by Barbara Green)
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.
Oral arguments took place last week in the Second Court of appeals on the murder conviction of Gregory Bell, found guilty last May in the beating death of Tia Hutson.
Bell was sentenced to life in prison for the death of Hutson, who was found beaten in her home in August 2022 and died six days later.
The 50-year-old Hutson had previously been involved in a volatile relationship with Bell. The Montague County Jury found Bell used a large flashlight as a weapon in the murder which reportedly could impact his ability to receive parole.
A motion for a new trial was denied by District Court Judge Trish Byars, but the intention to appeal followed his sentencing. Bell is housed in the McConnell Unit of the state prison system in Beeville. Oral arguments happened on April 21.
Read more on this story in the Thursday Bowie News.
Bowie emergency responders went to State Highway 59 and Mac’s Grocery Road after 2 p.m. Tuesday afternoon. It did not appear that anyone was transported by ambulance, but no details were available this afternoon. (News photo by Barbara Green)
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