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Man dies from Fallow buck injuries

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A 50-year-old Sunset area man died from injuries believed to have been inflicted by a buck fallow deer inside a pen at his property.
Montague County Chief Deputy Chris Hughes said a 911 call came in about 11 a.m. on March 12 for an injured man, Charles Sean Talley, at 951 Denver Road.
His father, Charles Talley Sr., made the emergency call and contacted the family after he saw his son lying inside the pen while he was driving by.
The Sunset Volunteer Fire Department and City of Bowie Ambulance responded to the scene, along with Deputy Phillip Greneade.
Hughes said when the fire department arrived they found the injured man in a high fenced area where several deer were located. The man appeared to have several punctures in his abdomen believed to have been from the antlers of a deer.

Read more on this story in the mid-week News.

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Montague County Animal Shelter taking shape, shoots for early 2025 opening

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The Montague County Animal Shelter is taking shape with a main kennel almost complete and a portable building place this past week to serve as an office.
It was 10 months ago the county commissioner’s court approved the project using some Senate Bill 22 grant funds in the sheriff’s office and county funds or the project. Sheriff Marshall Thomas included one new deputy position and a pickup for animal control in the grant budget.
The overall project was estimated to run anywhere from $185,000 to $200,000.
There are three animal shelters that operate in Montague County in Bowie, Nocona and Saint Jo. Only Bowie is city operates, but all three operate with an active volunteer 501c3 group.

Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.

Pictured – HVAC was installed in the new animal shelter kennel building recently. (Courtesy photo)

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Bowie Council handles brief agenda of business

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By BARBARA GREEN
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It took members of the Bowie City Council less than 20 minutes to handle their brief agenda of business on Oct. 28.
There were infrastructure project reports, the quarterly hotel/motel tax report and resolutions connected to grant applications.
City Manager Bert Cunningham said he does not anticipate the contractor for the Nelson Street project to complete the remaining work by the Oct. 31 deadline. If that happens, the city will start assessing the $700 per day penalty allowed through the contract.
The nearly $3 million project hit the one-year mark, which also was the approximate completion time pending weather; however, MX Construction of McKinney has delayed completion of several areas and made errors that had to be corrected. The company also requested about one month ago “rain days,” which occurred early in the project.

Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.

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Rainfall gives Montague County a needed drink

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After nearly several months of virtually no significant rainfall and a growing drought, Montague County and North Texas finally got some decent rainfall during the weekend and on Monday.
While thunderstorms threatened Saturday heavy thunder and wind did not come until Sunday night. Monday morning there was a severe thunderstorm warning and a tornado watch for the county, and both were cancelled late in the morning.
There was no damage reported to local officials around Montague County, with some reports of low-lying flooding and some downed limbs.
Clay County Judge Mike Campbell reported Sunday “a small, but powerful tornado,” hit an area from Farm-to-Market Road 171 to Carpenter Road near Byers.
Rainfall reports in the county range from eight inches around Nocona and 5 inches in Bowie.

Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.

This home in the Byers area saw the roof torn off in Sunday’s storm. (Courtesy photo)
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