COUNTY LIFE

Heroic actions of local man recognized by DPS

Published

7 years ago

11/28/2018

By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
A Montague County man was honored Tuesday by the Department of Public Safety for his heroic actions pulling an injured woman from her vehicle after it caught fire in a crash in early 2017.
Brian Young was presented with the Texas Department of Public Safety’s Director Award during a morning ceremony Tuesday as his family and a large group of DPS officers looked on. Gary Albus, regional director for the DPS out of Lubbock, made the presentation.
The accident occurred at 6:50 p.m. on Feb. 26, 2017 at the intersection of Alamo Road and State Highway 59. The accident report states following the impact, one of the vehicle engine compartments caught fire and the driver’s door and window jammed.
The driver, Diana Winslow, Nocona, was dazed and had suffered a knee injury, so she could not get out of the vehicle on her own.
The crash occurred in front of Young’s residence and when he heard the noise he ran to the vehicle to find it was filling up with smoke. Flames were beginning to reach the passenger compartment, as Young forced the driver’s window down, unbuckled her and pulled her out.

Read the full story in the mid-week News.

COUNTY LIFE

Murder mystery comedy opens this weekend

Published

4 days ago

05/29/2025

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The cast and crew of “A Family Reunion to Die For,” has been busy rehearsing for their murder mystery dinner theater production on May 30 and May 31.
The reunion soon turns sour with murder at a western-style bed and breakfast in the tropics.
Purchase tickets online at https://www.bowieallianceforeducationandthearts.com/events-1.
Show times are 6:30 p.m. on May 30 and May 31 with an afternoon show at noon on May 31 all at the Freedom Life Church. There will be live and silent auction.
All proceeds benefit Montague County students for scholarships in the arts. Come support these thespians.

Aunt Gretchen tries to put away a rifle from a pair of squirrel-hunting hillbilly sisters during “A Family Reunion to Die For.” There will be three shows of the murder mystery dinner theater this weekend.

Top photo – Rehearsals have been underway this past week for the new murder mystery dinner theater of the Bowie Alliance for Education and the Arts. (Photos by Barbara Green)

COUNTY LIFE

TxDOT making speed limit change in Nocona area

Published

4 days ago

05/29/2025

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Speed limit changes are being put in place on FM 103 North of Nocona. The 60-mph zone is being pushed North of Grayson Street.
As part of the transition, the 45-mph speed limit will be extended just North of the Texas New Mexico Power Office. Drivers see 50 mph signs up to Grayson Street where it becomes a 60-mph zone.
Portable message boards were placed on FM 103 on May 27 to advise motorists of the upcoming changes. The new signs will be unveiled and be enforceable starting June 3.
Citizens and officials with the City of Nocona requested the changes. They were approved by the Texas Transportation Commission in April.
Drivers should be prepared to watch and observe these new speed limits signs in Nocona. Drive safely in Montague County.