NEWS
Montague County Crime Stoppers program almost ready to roll
The newly formed Montague County Crime Stoppers program has received its charitable donation status and will soon begin fundraising efforts to establish accounts that provide rewards for tips that lead to solving crimes.
Montague County Sheriff Marshall Thomas began work on establishing the program shortly after he took office with a town hall meeting in April 2017. Officials from the Wise County Sheriff’s Office shared information on their successful Crime Stoppers program.
Later in July a county Crime Stoppers Board was established and paperwork began for the 501c3 charitable donations status, as well as participating in the state crime stoppers programs.
Board Chairman Karen Bolich said the 501c3 designation arrived this past week and they are awaiting final approval of the county application by the state crime stoppers board.
Read the full story in the mid-week News.
By BARBARA GREEN
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Bowie City Manager Bert Cunningham presented a lengthy monthly report to the city council Monday night updating the group on the various building projects and program grant applications.
The council has not met since March 11 due to a lack of action items, so there was a lot to catch up with.
City Manager report
Nelson Street project – Cunningham said the project is proceeding well. Downstream of the bridge the contractor is about to pour concrete into the creek to maintain the water flow. The main streets also are being cleared of debris so they will be ready for the pending concrete pour.
Right now the biggest obstacle is the unfinished drop box at the intersection of Mill and Nelson. In flux for the last couple of months, the engineer is requiring the contractor remove the drop box because the dirt under the structure was not compaction tested as required by the contract.
Read the full story in the weekend Bowie News.
The final two days of early voting for the May 4 school bond elections in Bowie and Forestburg will be April 29-30, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Bowie Senior Citizens Center.
Sample ballots are available on the county website at co.montague.tx.us, click on the elections tab. As of 2 p.m. Thursday the total was 741 for early voting for both districts’
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