NEWS
Benton believes law enforcement career laid the groundwork to be JP2

By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
After retiring in August 2017 from a 30-year career in law enforcement one would have thought Kevin Benton was ready to enjoy a little
The weeks leading up to his Jan. 1, 2019 swearing in have been hectic as he attends JP training programs and wrapped up work on some cases. The 61-year-old Benton is enjoying being back in his home county working and he is excited about the next chapter of his career.
Benton has lived in Bowie since 1977 when his family moved here from Colorado. He and his wife of nearly 40 years, Cindy, raised two children, Eric and Laura, and they are looking forward to their first grandchild in May from Eric and his wife.
His law enforcement career began with the Montague County Sheriff’s Office in 1986 as a patrol deputy. He moved up the ranks to
Benton went back to law enforcement at the Wise County Sheriff’s Office in 2010, where he worked in several capacities before retiring as chief deputy in 2017.
While reconnecting with old friends he had not seen while working out of
“The DA’s office asked if I could just look at a few case files and then Marshall asked me to look at some cold cases. Before long I was busy. Then I had some people ask me to run for the JP’s job. I started looking into it and decided that would be a good position for the end of my career where I could put my knowledge and experience to work,” explained Benton.
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Bowie School Board to review superintendent candidate applications

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.
NEWS
Bowie News will be 1 day late due to June 19 holiday

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.
NEWS
Former DA Hall remains in jail

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.
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