NEWS
Montague County general election
Latest election results with 16 of 16 reporting at midnight
Nocona ISD bond election 100 percent reporting
For 768
Against 1149
Bowie City Council 100 percent reporting
North ward
Scott Davis (I) 1046
Laura Sproles – 375
East ward
Ben Wiseman (I) 294
Terry Gunter 811
Richard Lee 384
South ward
Douglas Boyd uncontested
Saint Jo City Council 100 percent reporting
Mayor
Danny Steadham – uncontested
Aldermen
Shaden Clark 98
Randall Flusche 131
Nakisha Ice 101
Chris Luttmer 45
Lucas Thompson 212
(Two council seats open)
Forestburg School Board 100 percent reporting
Rick Balthrop 78
Mike Browning (I) 93
Audiemarie Hayes 176
Shelli Martinez 59
Chad Osteen 101
Jimmy Raney (I) 202
Lacy Rich 45
Kristy Tillman 224
Toby Vann (I) 178
Shane Wiley 165
(Four positions open)
Gold-Burg School Board 100 percent reporting
Lynn Allen (I) 152
Becky Case (I) 174
Weldon Duff 135
Penny McCullar 87
Melissa Weaver 58
Danielle Whitmus 46
(Three positions open)
Latest election results with 15 of 16 reporting 11 p.m.
Nocona ISD bond election 100 percent reporting
For 590
Against 912
Bowie City Council 100 percent reporting
North ward
Scott Davis (I) 770
Laura Sproles – 274
East ward
Ben Wiseman (I) 200
Terry Gunter 606
Richard Lee 291
South ward
Douglas Boyd uncontested
Saint Jo City Council 100 percent reporting
Mayor
Danny Steadham – uncontested
Aldermen
Shaden Clark 96
Randall Flusche 125
Nakisha Ice 94
Chris Luttmer 43
Lucas Thompson 200
(Two council seats open)
Forestburg School Board 100 percent reporting
Rick Balthrop 34
Mike Browning (I) 43
Audiemarie Hayes 83
Shelli Martinez 26
Chad Osteen 31
Jimmy Raney (I) 85
Lacy Rich 20
Kristy Tillman 81
Toby Vann (I) 62
Shane Wiley 70
(Four positions open)
Gold-Burg School Board 86 percent reporting
Lynn Allen 135
Becky Case 154
Weldon Duff 117
Penny McCullar 72
Melissa Weaver 54
Danielle Whitmus 39
(Three positions open)
Latest election results with 6 of 10 precincts reporting in Montague County POSTED 9 P.M.
Nocona ISD bond election
For 591
Against 912
Bowie City
Council
North ward
Scott Davis (I) -770
Laura Sproles – 274
East ward
Ben Wiseman (I) 200
Terry Gunter 606
Richard Lee 291
South ward
Douglas Boyd uncontested
Saint Jo City Council
Mayor
Danny Steadham – uncontested
Aldermen
Shaden Clark 96
Randall Flusche 125
Nakisha Ice 94
Chris Luttmer 43
Lucas Thompson 200
(Two council seats open)
Forestburg School Board
Rick Balthrop 43
Mike Browning (I) 43
Audiemarie Hayes 83
Shelli Martinez 26
Chad Osteen 31
Jimmy Raney (I) 85
Lacy Rich 20
Kristy Tillman 81
Toby Vann (I) 62
Shane Wiley 70
(Four positions open)
Gold-Burg School Board
Lynn Allen 135
Becky Case 154
Weldon Duff 117
Penny McCullar 72
Melissa Weaver 54
Danielle Whitmus 39
(Three positions open)
Posted at 8 P.M.
EARLY VOTING RESULTS/ one precinct reporting
Nocona ISD bond election
For 559
Against 831
Bowie City
Council
North ward
Scott Davis (I) – 766
Laura Sproles – 271
East ward
Ben Wiseman (I) 199
Terry Gunter 600
Richard Lee 290
South ward
Douglas Boyd uncontested
Saint Jo City Council
Mayor
Danny Steadham – uncontested
Aldermen
Shaden Clark 72
Randall Flusche 99
Nakisha Ice 65
Chris Luttmer 34
Lucas Thompson 154
(Two council seats open)
Forestburg School Board
Rick Balthrop 33
Mike Browning (I) 42
Audiemarie Hayes 79
Shelli Martinez 25
Chad Osteen 29
Jimmy Raney (I) 80
Lacey Rich 19
Kristy Tillman 76
Toby Vann (I) 57
Shane Wiley 66
(Four positions open)
Gold-Burg School Board
Lynn Allen 68
Becky Case 97
Weldon Duff 60
Penny McCullar 58
Melissa Weaver 43
Danielle Whitmus 30
(Three positions open)
All results “unofficial” until canvassed by the Montague County Commissioner’s Court.
The second community meeting on needs for an emergency room or hospital in Bowie is scheduled for 6 p.m. on Nov. 19 at the Bowie Community Center.
This is the second meeting to discuss these needs following the closure of the Faith Community Health Center emergency room on Oct. 6, just shy of a year of operation. More than 200 people attended that first meeting, where discussion centered on the creation of a taxing district to support any sort of medical facility.
Citizens in the Bowie area are encouraged to attend and take part in these discussions.
The Bowie City Council has moved its Nov. 18 meeting to 6 p.m. on Nov. 19 where three new council members will take the oath of office.
Councilors include Laura Sproles, precinct two, Brandon Walker, precinct one and Laramie Truax, precinct two. After the votes are canvassed and the oaths given, a mayor pro tem will be selected.
The new members will jump right into training as City Attorney Courtney Goodman-Morris provides an orientation and discussion of duties for council members.
City Manager Bert Cunningham will make his monthly report on the following topics: Nelson Street, which opened last Thursday, update on the sewer line replacement project, substation transformer placement and information on medical companies.
A closed executive session on the Laura McCarn vs. City of Bowie lawsuit is scheduled. The suit arose in November 2022 when the city broached selling some 25 acres it owns on Lake Amon G. Carter, originally part of the land purchased for the 500-acre Bowie Reservoir completed in 1985.
McCarn challenges the ownership of the property stating it should revert to the original owners since it was not used for the lake.
This 24.35 acre tract is located at the end of Indian Trail Road surrounded by the lake and the Silver Lakes Ranch subdivision.
One of Bowie’s major thoroughfares, Nelson Street, was reopened Thursday after one busy block has been closed since August 2021 when a section of the street failed.
Construction finally came to an end on Thursday when the street, including the Nelson and Mill intersection were reopened. Mayor Gaylynn Burris, City Manager Bert Cunningham, Councilors TJay McEwen and Stephanie Post, Engineer Mike Tibbetts and Public Works Director Stony Lowrance met at the site Thursday morning and removed the barricades. It only took a few minutes for vehicles to start arriving and drivers were excited to go through on the new roadway.
This section of Bowie has endured flooding and drainage problems for many years and in the summer of 2023 the city council finally bit the bullet and sought bids for the repair work expected to top $3 million. In August 2021 a one block section of Nelson was closed when a large sinkhole appeared on the north side of the street. Traffic had to be diverted including all the school traffic flowing from the nearby junior high and intermediate.
Read the full story in the weekend Bowie News.
Top photo – (Left) Mike Tibbetts, engineer with Hayter Engineering, talks with Bowie City Manager Bert Cunningham as they look over the massive drainage project on Nelson Street.
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