NEWS
City to sell all of its highway acreage
By BARBARA GREEN
The City of Bowie will move forward with selling all of its 9.59-acre tract along U.S. Highway 287 despite efforts by the parks board to have the city council retain four acres near Johnson Lake for a possible future project.
While some members of the council agreed Monday night the location would make a beautiful park, in the end the majority wanted to see the land purchased for business development. The city bought the acreage in summer 2014 at a cost of $178,840 with future plans to build a new city complex.
However, during the interim, city administration and council members have changed, and the public also raised an uproar about relocating the city offices on the highway, so the land was put up for sale.
Following a mix-up where one local realtor was not contacted during the initial search for interested realtors to market the land the council drew names Monday night selecting from Jones Real Estate and Sue Swint Realty. Swint was drawn and will market the property.
The city parks board asked Bill Enlow and Todd McMurray to review possibilities for a park expansion on property located near the lake. The city property adjoins the school property, which includes the lake. That proposal led the board to ask the city to retain four acres.
Read the full story in the mid-week News.
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.
As of June 9 details on why an appeal bond was revoked on Casey Hall which prompted her arrest in Sulphur Springs on June 2 remain unclear.
The former 97th District Attorney was convicted of misapplication of fiduciary property and theft by a public servant on May 13 in the 16th District Court in Denton County.
The jury gave her a sentence of one year in state jail for misapplication of fiduciary property and six years probation for theft by a public servant.
The 38-year-old Hall was booked into the Hopkins County Jail on June 2 on a warrant after a Denton County judge revoked the appeal bond that was $10,000.
Hall filed her intent to appeal the conviction and sentence, so after posting a $10,000 bond, she was released on May 14 instead of beginning her sentence.
Denton County Court records indicated on June 2 Judge Sherry Shipman, who presided in the trial, declared Hall’s bond insufficient and a warrant was issued for her arrest.
There were rumors Hall may have opted to drop her appeal, but that information has not been confirmed through the court. As of June 9 Hall remained booked into the Hopkins County Jail.
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
Members of Montague County 4-H made their annual visit to the commissioner’s court Monday to show off their achievements of the past year and thank the court for its support.
Justin Hansard and Melanie Stott, AgriLife Extension agents for the county, introduced the group noting there are 166 youth in the county 4-H program, which they coordinated with all the other club leaders. There are nine chartered clubs in the county with 18 adult volunteers.
Project participation is lead by foods and nutrition, then photography, rabbits, shooting sports, horse, STEM, beef cattle, goats, poultry, community service, swine, fashion, sheep, theater and sports fishing.
Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.
Top photo: Montague County4-Hers met with the commissioner’s court Monday to tell them about their year’s activities and thank them for their support. (Photo by Barbara Green)
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