NEWS
Jury selection begins Monday in Michael Coburn trial
Jury selection will begin May 1 in the aggravated sexual assault of a child case of Michael Steven Coburn, Nocona.
District Attorney Casey Polhemus said jury selection will begin on Monday in Henrietta as Coburn is tried on a change of venue to Clay County.
While the jury will be selected, testimony will not begin until May 16 due to some scheduling conflicts said the DA.
Coburn was reindicted in March on four counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child under age six and nine counts of indecency with a child.
He was originally indicted in June 2014 for continuous sexual assault of a child stemming from allegations he assaulted a female during many months in 2013.
The bond was $1 million and he has remained incarcerated in the county jail. Coburn was scheduled for trial last July 2016, however, it was reset to October and then May.
Members of the Bowie Independent School District Board of Trustees will meet at 5:30 p.m. on June 16.
The big item on the agenda is the review of superintendent candidate applications and consider possible interview choice. Superintendent Blake Enlow resigned on May 23 and Assistant Superintendent Lee Ann Farris has been serving as the interim.
That item will be in executive session along with professional educator contracts that need to be considered.
On the regular agenda Farris will update the board on education bills passed by the 89th Texas Legislature and their budget impacts, as well as discipline impacts. A budget workshop will be considered. She also will provide information on state assessment and board goals.
Campus administrators and directors will provide updates, along with the finance director.
In action items the board will review Texas Association of School Board update 124, consider changes to the 12-month and 11 employee dates and consider the purchase of a new band trailer not to exceed $80,000.
Due to the June 19 Juneteenth federal holiday the U.S. Post Office will be closed, which moves then Thursday Bowie News to a delivery date on Friday. It will be available in the stores at its regular time.
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