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Bowie Police update: Missing person title lifted, man is safe
Update: Aug. 7, Bowie Police Chief Guy Green reports Daniel Dirickson has confirmed he is safe and his missing person designation has been lifted. Green said the man’s family has been contacted about the update that came late Tuesday evening.
Bowie Police are investigating a missing person’s report filed by the mother of a 26-year-old man living in Bowie, whom she says they have been unable to contact for about one month.
Danene Dirickson, Forestburg, filed the missing person’s report on her son Daniel Dirickson the afternoon of July 20 at the Bowie Police Department. She said he was living in Bowie at 408 Campbell with Sarah Cambre.
According to the police report Cambre said Dirickson has left with her aunt who possibly gave him a ride to Littlefield to his father’s residence. Sgt. Josh Wolfe said Cambre told him Dirickson was refusing to talk with her as well and was upset with her. She was going to attempt to contact through social media and let the police know if she heard from him.
Wolfe attempted to follow multiple leads by contacting friends and relatives he saw through Dirickson’s Facebook page, but he had been unable to establish any form of contact with him or get a phone number for him.
Information and a description of the man were entered into the state system noting him as a missing person due to the extended time that has passed since his family or friends had heard from him.
Lt. Randy Hanson said at 6:53 p.m. on July 21 the police department received a phone call from a male who identified himself as Daniel Dirickson. He reportedly gave police his date of birth and driver’s license number. Police instructed him to make contact in person with any law enforcement agency to confirm his identity because he was listed as a missing person.
Hanson said the male did not do this and remains listed as missing.
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Mike Tibbetts of Hayter Engineering and Steve Ruse, structural engineer, were at the City of Bowie raw water pump station this past week to take a look at the location where a new raw water pump will be added at the directive of Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. The unfunded state mandate requires the city to add a 60-hp pump, to the present pair of 200-hp pumps in order to meet the capacity requirements of state standards. Estimated cost of the pump is between $850,000 to $950,000. (Courtesy photos)
There was very little courtroom activity during the Dec. 17 pre-trial hearing of former District Attorney Casey Hall on theft charges as the judge invited the attorneys into his chambers to discuss what they were doing.
Hall, who lost her bid for a third term as 97th District Attorney in the March primary, was indicted in July on a charge of theft $2,500-$30,000 connected with funds from a Texas Attorney General office’s grant.
The original pre-trial for the theft case was set for Aug. 16, but was rescheduled for Dec. 17. Judge Gabriel came into court that morning and after confirming both Shawhan and Hall’s attorney Abe Factor, were there, he reportedly asked both sides to come into his chambers.
After a brief period they left the judge’s chambers and went into another separate office, before going back to talk with Gabriel.
Court never resumed and both attorneys left the courtroom after picking up their belongings and left. The Nocona News reported as Shawhan left the courtroom when asked if the case was being dismissed he said, “It’ll either be a plea or a trial in February.” The case paperwork in the district clerk’s office does not reflect any additional action in this case or any other scheduled hearing or trial.
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The Texas Department of Public Safety reminds Texans of the upcoming changes to the state’s Vehicle Safety Inspection Program beginning on Jan. 1, 2025.
These changes—which eliminate many vehicle safety inspections—are due to House Bill 3297. The bill was passed by the 88th Legislature and signed into law by Governor Greg Abbott in 2023, abolishing the Vehicle Safety Inspection Program for non-commercial vehicles.
As a reminder, starting New Year’s Day, non-commercial vehicles will no longer need a vehicle safety inspection prior to registration. All non-commercial vehicles in the state will still be subject to a $7.50 inspection program replacement fee per HB 3297. The inspection program replacement fee will be paid when you register your vehicle with the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles.
New vehicles (those of the current or preceding model year on the date of purchase) purchased in Texas that have not been previously registered in Texas or another state are required to pay an initial inspection program replacement fee of $16.75 to cover two years.
Note the inspection program replacement fee is not an increase in the cost of your vehicle registration. As its name suggests, this fee simply replaces the revenue source for state programs and operations—like the construction and expansion of state highways—once supported by vehicle safety inspections.
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