NEWS
TxDOT begins prep work for possibly winter weather
WICHITA FALLS DISTRICT – With a slight possibility of minor winter weather issues on Friday, TxDOT crews will prep some bridges and overpasses tomorrow throughout the district. All twelve maintenance sections will be out with brine trucks spraying Tier 1 & 2 structures Friday morning. The process will take just the morning hours to complete. Roads included will be I-44, I-35, US 287, and US 82 amongst others in the far reaches of the district.
TxDOT will be ready to respond on Friday morning with more brine if any frozen precipitation hits Archer, Baylor, Clay, Cooke, Montague, Throckmorton, Wichita, Wilbarger, or Young counties.
TxDOT’s briefing with NOAA meteorologists this afternoon raised the slight possibility of freezing rain if conditions are right. TxDOT crews wanted to be prepared even though the threat is mild. With such warm conditions in our region, drivers are reminded to be cautious on the bridges and overpasses as they will be the first to freeze.
Motorists can consult DriveTexas.Org for road conditions. Traffic cameras in the Wichita Falls area are also available online at DriveTexas.Org.
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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