NEWS
‘Hung jury’ in criminal trial this past week
Montague County jurors came back with “hung” jury of seven voting guilty and five not guilty following a two and a half day trial last week for continuous sexual abuse.
District Attorney Casey Polhemus said the jury came back after several hours of deliberation and told the judge they could not come to an agreement on the verdict. Jury selection took place on Jan. 29 with deliberation opening the next day and continuing through the morning of Feb. 1.
Max Hahn, 51, Bowie, was being tried for continuous sexual abuse of a child. For this type of charge a person has to be charged with two or more events that occurred at least 30 days apart. There were three incidents listed in the indictment where he was accused of abusing a minor female during the course of a year.
Read the full story in the weekend News.
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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