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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Members of the Bowie City Council will face a brief agenda when they meet at 6 p.m. on Oct. 13 in the council chambers.
Following routine reports and consent agenda items, the council will consider a resolution authorizing submission of the city’s 2027/2028 Texas Community Development Block Grant application to the Texas Department of Agriculture.
Then council members will consider approving Bob Blackburn for appointment as a reserve police officer with the Bowie Police Department.
Following an executive session, the council will discuss and potentially take action regarding the annual employment evaluations and duties of both the City Secretary and the Municipal Court Judge.
After nearly three months of no rain, Mother Nature brought the showers this past week.
Downtown Bowie rain reports varied from 7 to 8 inches, while the Saint Jo area reported a 10-inch total. The city water plant in Bowie reported 5.55 inches on Sept. 30 with 1.6 Oct. 1-3.
Nocona saw a total of 6.31 inches of rain across Sept. 26 to Oct. 3.
On Oct. 6, Lake Amon G. Carter saw a level of 917.39 mean sea level rising to 81.31% full. Just one week earlier the lake was 73.6% full, while one year ago it was 94.01%. The lake is full at 920msl.
Lake Nocona was 73.7% full at 823.02 on Oct 6. One week earlier it was 70.41% full and one year ago it was 92.41%. The lake is full at 827.5 msl.
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
One Montague County City has joined the battle against any data centers being built in this county and there is a petition drive underway to urge the commissioner’s court to keep data centers out of Montague County.
At a Sept. 28 called meeting of the Saint Jo City Council, officials unanimously approved a resolution stating its opposition to the “siting, permitting, construction or operation of data centers and similar hyperscale computing facilities within the city limits or the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction.”
City Secretary Debbie Dennis said several citizens approached Councilor Jack Dunn about their data center concerns and he helped prepare a resolution. The council gave unanimous support.
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