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Texas governor offers reward in San Antonio officer’s murder
The Office of the Governor’s Fallen Hero Reward Texas Remembers program has announced a cash reward of up to $15,000 for information leading to the identification and arrest of the person or persons responsible for the murder of Detective Benjamin Marconi. Detective Marconi was murdered on duty during a traffic stop in San Antonio on Sunday. This reward will be combined with the San Antonio Crime Stoppers initial offering of $10,000, bringing the total cash award amount to $25,000.
The Fallen Hero Reward Texas Remembers program is funded by the Governor’s Criminal Justice Division and administered by the Texas Department of Public Safety. San Antonio Crime Stoppers includes a variety of community representatives and provides a method for local law enforcement to receive information on crimes. All tips are guaranteed to be anonymous.
To be eligible for the cash reward, anyone with information on an unresolved case can provide anonymous tips by:
- Calling the San Antonio Crime Stoppers hotline at 210-224-STOP (7867).
- Calling the Texas Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-252-TIPS (8477).
- Texting the letters “DPS” followed by your tip to 274637 (CRIMES) from your cell phone.
Pictured: Montague County area law enforcement during a recognition ceremony at the courthouse last year. (News file photo)
City of Bowie officials were on hand to inspect the emergency electrical generators that were delivered last week.
Mayor Gaylynn Burris and City Manager Bert Cunningham inspected one of three emergency electrical generators purchased as part of an ongoing Federal Emergency Management Agency Hazard Mitigation Grant. They also talked with Jay Evans, head of the city electric department, and Jerry Sutton, director of the water treatment plant about the next step for installation of the generators.
This grant provides funding for one 150 kW and two 250 kW generators for use at the water treatment plant.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
City Manager Bert Cunningham and Mayor Gaylynn Burris talk with the electric and water department staff about the new generators. (Photo by Cindy Roller)
No action was taken on a legal issue after members of the Bowie City Council met in a called closed session at 4 p.m. on July 12.
City Secretary Sandy Page said the council met for almost one hour for “consultation with attorney – Midwest Waste Services LLC vs. City of Bowie.
This lawsuit goes back to August 2019 when Midwest sued the city for its action requiring those who receive city water outside the city limits to use the designated waste collector, which is Waste Connections. This was shortly after the city signed a new long-term contract with WC.
The suit was dismissed in June 2020 on two points in the suit, but City Manager Bert Cunningham said a third point remained in mediation.
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